Coinage accounts 1713-1715

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An Account of the Gold & Silver coyned at his Ma^ty's Mint in the Tower of London from Lady day 1713 to Lady day 1715, & of the Gold & Silver remaining in the Tower in order for coynage at Lady day 1715, & the Denominations & species in w^ch the said Gold & Silver were brought into the Tower.

From Lady {illeg}|d|ay 1713 to Lady day 1715 there were coyned 44179 pounds weight Troy of standard Gold, & 3899^Lwt of standard silver. This Gold at 44$\frac{1}{2}$ Guineas to the poun{illeg}|d| weight & 1^li 1^s 6^d to the Guinea amounted in tale to 2113412^li. 18^s. 3^d. And the silver at 3^li 2^s per Lw^t to 12086^li. 18^s. 00^d.

At Lady day 1715, there remained in the Tower to be coyned 6465\6464. 11. 2. 5/ Lw^t of standard Gold & |278.| \4. 11/ Lw^t of standard silver. And this Gold at the rate abovementioned will make in tale {illeg}6|309265|, {illeg}. {illeg}\17. 7/ & the silver will make {illeg}|862|^li. 1{illeg}|9|^s. 0{illeg}|6|^d.

The Gold above mentioned came to the Mint partly in the form of Portugal Barrs & partly in the form of Barrs or Ingots melted by the Goldsmiths in London. We account these Ingots to have been melted {illeg}|o|ut of forreign moneys\out of forreign moneys/ \(hose of France, Portugal, Holland, Germany &c)/, & sometimes out of Gold dust, or out of Iamaica Gold tuffened. {sic} or refined. But in o^r books we enter nothing more then the weight & as{illeg}|sa|y of every Barr or Ingot with the name of the Importer.

|All| The silver above mentioned has been extracted out of English Lead by \a Corporation of Smelters/ |m^r Wright| & Partners, & co|a|mes to us in the form of Ingots of fine silver, & under the denomination of English & Welsh Silver is stamped on the r|R|everse of the moneys with a proper mark to distinguish it from other silver moneys made of forreign silver.

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I. N.

M. B.

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A pound weight of fine Gold {illeg}|is| worth 15 pound weight of fine silver in France |&| 14_∟431351/15_∟571{illeg}|73||7| = 14$\frac{4}{7}$ {illeg}\ pound weight of fine silver in E|n|gland according to law

And a Guinea is worth in France only 1^li. 0^s. 8$\frac{1}{2}$.

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All the Gold & Silver above mentioned came to y^e Mint in the form of barrs & Ingots, s{illeg}|o|me of w^ch are were Portugal barrs & others were melted in London \London Barrs melted by the Goldsmiths in London/ out of various sorts of forreign gold moneys \&/ gold dust & coarse Iamaica gold \brought to them by the {illeg}|M|erchants/ the various denot|m|inations & species of w^ch \{illeg}/ are not entred in o^r bo{k}|o|ks. And all the siver {sic} above mentioned was extracted out of English Le{illeg}|a|d.

All the silver above mentioned was extracted out of English Lead, & all the Gold came to the Mint in the form of b|B|arrs or Ingots, some of which were Portugal b|B|arrs & others were b|B|arrs melted by the Goldsmiths in London out of various sorts of forreign gold moneys, gold dust & coarse Iamaica gold, the various denominations & species of w^ch are not entred in our books.

& all the gold came to y^e Mint in y^e forme of Barrs of Ingots great part whereof were\{illeg}|{B}|y their shape we do conceive to have been imported/ \from/ Portugal Barrs \in Barrs Ingots Barrs/ & the Rest were Barrs melted by y^e Goldsmiths in London out of var|i|ous sorts of Forreign Gold moneys chiefly french & Portugese.

All the si{illeg}|lv|er above mentioned was extracted out of Le English lea{illeg}|d| & all the gold came to y^e Mint in the form of Barrs or Ingots the several denomination or species of w^ch are now|t| entred in o^r books. But \by the shape & assay of the Barrs/ we conceive great part thereof to have been imported from Portugal by the shape & fineness of the\in Barrs/ & the rest to have been \Barrs/ melted \into barrs/ by the Goldsmiths in London {illeg} chiefly out of French out of\from/ various sorts of forreign moneys\gold &/ &|c|hie{illeg}|fl|y \from the moneys of/ Fre|a|nch|h| & Portugal moneys. before it came to the Tower