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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<330r>

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 Coinage Duty in England from
From 25^th Decemb. 1712 to December 1713		8039. 0. 11
From 25 Decemb. 1713 to December 1714		8720. 19. 0 $\frac{1}{2}$
From 25 Decemb. 1714 to December 1715		11894. 9. 8
The produce of the coinage Duty in Scotland during the same three paid into the Excheq uer 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 Gold		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 Allaying & repairing furnaces	}	207.	16.	11	342.	17.	0	515.	18.	7
Total charge of Coynage		4647.	9.	8 $\frac{1}{2}$	10053.	0.	4	12339.	19.	7 $\frac{1}{2}$
Salaries		3014.	19.	11	2890.	0.	0	2590.	0.	0
Repairs of houses & Offices		370.	2.	6	375.	11	10	358.	6.	0
		.			.			.
Receiving the money at the Exchequer & passing Accounts	}	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	12339.	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 Clippers & coiners about		250			250			250.
Total		9912.	11.	9 $\frac{1}{2}$	1517.	7.	1	18132.	7.	10 $\frac{1}{2}$
Excess of the charge above the Income	}	1873.	10.	9 $\frac{1}{2}$	6750.	8.	0 $\frac{1}{2}$	6337.	18.	2 $\frac{1}{2}$

<330v>

The established charge of the Mint in England for melting & coining Gold in 6^s 6^d per pound weight, For coining silver it is 1^s 6 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^d per pound weight, & a penny more per pound weight to the moneyers if the Silver be well coined. The Salaries established by the Indenture of this Mint amount unto 2590^li. There is allowed by Act of Parliament for Salaries & repairs of house s & Officers preparations necessaries for melting, refining & coining in the English Mint any sum not exceeding 3500^li per annum. And for prosecuting Coining any summ not exceeding 400^li. And to the Mint in Scotland 1200^li per annum.