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Letter from the Master and Worker of the

Mint to Mr. Chancellour concerning the

Value of Spanish Money

Mint Office Ianry. 16th. 17123

Sr

Our Assay Master being out of Town and his Clerk Sick in bed I got the Two Spanish Peices {sic} Assayed at Goldsmith's Hall The Peice {sic} of King Charles weighed 3d. wt. 12gr. and in fineness was four Peny {sic} Weight worse then Standard, The Value thereof in English Money is 10d. & 35ths. of a Peny {sic} The Peice {sic} of King Philip weighed 4dwt.. 14 grain and was One Ounce Two Peny {sic} Weight worse then Standard and in Value 11d half Peny {sic} English They seem to be Quarter Peices {sic} of Eight of the New Species and in the nearest Round Numbers, Five of them may be reckon'd worth a Mexico or Pillar Piece of Eight If I had had Two or Three More of each sort I could have made a better Iudgement of them, but by the best Iudgement I can make of these Two only it seems to Me that they may be dimished {sic} in Value of One Fift Part or in the Proporīon of five to four. I am

Sr.

Your most Obedient and

most Humble Servant

Is. Newton

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Report of the Ess{ays} {sic} of Spanish pieces

57

Rept. {of the} Officers {of the} Mint

[1] Try Chambers 19th Ianry 1713

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