Detailed breakdown of Mint income and expenditure for each year 1713-15, with explanatory notes on the reverse

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/1/330, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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An Account of the clear produce of the Coynage Duty for the three several years last past respectively & also of the charge of coyning gold & silver money & the established charge of the Mint in England & Scotland, & incident charges attending the same.

The produce of the Coy\|i\|nage Duty in England from
From 25^th Decemb. 1712 to D^o 1713		8039. 0. 11
From 25 Decemb. 1713 to D^o 1714		8720. 19. 0 $\frac{1}{2}$
From 25 Decemb. 1714 to D^o 1715		11894. 9. 8
The produce of the coinage Duty in Scod\|t\|land during the same three paid into the Excheq ^r the last year	}	53. 9. 10
		28707. 19. 5 $\frac{1}{2}$

Charges of the Mint from Christmas to Christmas

		1713			1714			1715
Coynage of God\|l\|d		4269.	10.	6	9595.	19.	7	12704.	5.	0
Coynage of Silver		170.	2.	3 $\frac{1}{2}$	114.	3.	9	119.	16.	0 $\frac{1}{2}$
Charges of Assaying Refining & a\|A\|llaying & repairing furnaces	}	207.	16.	11	342.	17.	0	515.	18.	7
Total charge of Coynage		4647.	9.	7\|8\| $\frac{1}{2}$	10053.	0.	4	124\|3\|39.	19.	7 $\frac{1}{2}$
Salaries		301{illeg}\|4\|.	19.	11	2890.	0.	0	2590.	0.	0
Repairs of houses & Offices		370.	2.	6	375.	11	10	358.	6.	0
Auditors fees		34.			34.			34.
Receiving the money at y^e Excheq^r & passing Accts	}	124.	17.	0	187.	17.	6	143.	18.	6
Pix		118.	10.	5	0.	0.	0	58.	17.	8
Stationer & scalemaker		16.	2.	0	22.	10.	0	26.	6.	0
Diet		29.	12.	0	35.	2.	5	24.	16.	8
Wardens Incidents		140.	18.	3	157.	6.	0	140.	3.	5
Charges of Coynage		4647.	9.	7 $\frac{1}{2}$	10053.	0.	4	124\|3\|39.	19.	7 $\frac{1}{2}$
Salaries & Repairs		3385.	2.	5	3265.	11.	10	2948.	6.	0
Incidents		429.	19.	8	402.	15.	11	394.	2.	3
Scotish Mint		1200			1200			1200
Prosecuting Cl. & coin^rs. about		250			250			250.
Total		9912.	11.	{8}\|9\| $\frac{1}{2}$	1517.	7.	1	182\|1\|32.	7.	10 $\frac{1}{2}$
Excess of the charge above y^e Income	}	1873.	1{illeg}\|0\|.	{illeg}\|9\| $\frac{1}{2}$	6750.	8.	0 $\frac{1}{2}$	6337.	18.	2 $\frac{1}{2}$

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The established charge of the Mint in {illeg}|E|ngland for \melting &/ coin{illeg}|i|ng Gold in 6^s 6^d per L^wt, For coining silver it is {17} 1^s 6 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^d per L^wt, {illeg} & a {illeg}|p|enny more per L^wt to the moneyers if the Silver be well coined. The established Salaries {illeg} \established by the Indenture/ {illeg}|of| this Mint amount unto 2590^li. {illeg} {illeg} There is allowed by Act of Parliament for Salaries & repairs of house s & Officers & \preparatons/ necessaries for melting, refining & coining not arising in the English Mint any sum not exceeding 3{illeg}|5|00^li per an. And for prosecuting Coining any {illeg}|s|umm not exceeding 400^li. And to the Mint in Scotland 1200^li per an.