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To the Rt Honble the Lords Commrs of his Majts Treasury.

May it please yor Lordps

The Corporatio{illeg}|n| of the Moneyers represent that they have been brought up Apprentices to the trade of coining with relation to England & that to set up new Mints in England without them diminishes the right of their Apprenticeship. They represent also that the multiplying of Mints tends to promote the {illeg}|s|kill of counterfeit{illeg}|i|ng the gold & silver moneys \as happened in the coina{illeg}|g|e of Tin half pence & farthings in the beginning of the reign of K. Willm & Q Mary/. For obvi{illeg}|a|ting these objections & that of the insignifican{illeg}|c|y {illeg}|o|f {illeg}|a| Con{illeg}|t|roller \alone without other checks of such a Mint/, I humbly propose that Mr Wood prepare the blanks of fin{illeg}|e| Copper & make them fit to be stamped & then send them to the Mint in the Tower to be delivered by weight, to|a|ssayed, & stamped \as Counters/ {to}|&| delivered back by the same weight \without concerning me in the value{sic}/. This may be done by {illeg}|a| signe Manual appointing the Assay & the number of piec{illeg}|e|s in the pound weight \& the stamp of the Medals or Counters & yearly Quantity without {illeg}|the|m/ & what shall be allowed to the a Clerk fo \seeing the Copper weighed & assayed &/ entring all receipts by weight & deliveries in books, & seing the copper weighed & essayed. & acquainting me wth what he meets with amiss. The \whole/ charge will be much the same with what {illeg}|he| as as in the late copper coynage, vizt about 212d or 214d\not exceed two per halfpenny/ per p{illeg}|o|und weight: for I reccon nothing for medals my self. This I propose as a better method \safer for the go{illeg}|v|ernmt/ then to erect\give {illeg} to subjects to erect/ new Mints \without account or practicable control/& hope |if| it may be done by vertue of the power re{illeg}|se|rved in his Maty & Lordps of controlling th{illeg}|e| proceedings of Mr Wood. All wch is most humbly submitted. for my self. This method I propose as safest for the government, if it may be done by vertue of the power reserved in his Maty & your Lordps of controlling the proce{illeg}|e|dings of Mr Wood. All wch is most humbly submitted.

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