In response to Allardes' proposal, recommends that for the duration of the recoinage the Scots be allowed to revert to their old practice [adding copper during melting] as this seems to be the only practicable method of producing standard coin there

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/1/187, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<187r>

To the R^t Hon^ble the Earl of Godolphin L^d H. Treasurer of great Britain.

May it please yo^r Lord^p

In obedience to yo^r Lord^ps Order of Reference of y^e 12^t Instant upon the Memorial hereunto annexed, we have considered the said Memorial & are humbly of opinion that [it is reasonable & agreable to the Indenture of her Maj^ties Mints & at present necessary for the Master of her Maj^ties Mint at Edinburgh to allay the silver molten with Scotch coal in such manner & proportion as by experience is found most effectual & exact for making the moneys standard without error. For an error in fineness otherwise then by accident makes the moneys undeliverable. And] since by experiments made in that Mint the silver in melting \with Scotch coal/ & lading out refines about three half penny weight in the pound weight Troy as is alledged in the \sd/ memorial {illeg}|&| the moneys coyned by the ancient method of that mint have passed the trialls of the Pix & in the last trial proved standard full & there is no time at present for making experiments to bring this matter to an exacter regulation. We are humbly of opinion that the Officers of the said Mint \may/ be still allowed to use their ancient method of allaying the {meta} molten silver untill the to make it standard untill the present recoinage of the moneys in Scotland shall be finished. |y^e Indenture of y^e mint prescribing no particular method for melting provided it be standard|

All w^ch is humbly submitted to
your Lord^ps great wisdom.

^[1]

^[1] Mint Office 14 Novemb. 1707.