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An Account of the money coyned in Scotland since the Restauratio{n} of K. Cha. II.

The main bulk of ye money

After ye Restauration while my Ld Hatton ye Duke of Lauderdales brother {illeg}|b|e{illeg}|in|g General of ye Mint in Scotland {illeg} cause the sco

The Scots \|in ye \reign/| of {illeg}|the| {illeg} years three or four last Kings have/ coyned their \silver/ monies of the same allay wth ye English vizt \their silver moneys/ 11 ounces 2dwt fine silver & 18dwt allay, |[|but in the reign of K. Cha. II the money being my Ld Hatt{illeg}|on| the D. of Lauderdales brother being General of {illeg} their Mint cause the money|]| And as ye English coyn their for wch end they have {illeg} indented trial pieces {of} gold & silver made in England\here/ \at ye same time & of/ of the same allay\piece/ wth those made for ye English mint. And {illeg}|a|s the English coyn a pound T o|O|unce Troy {as sorts of}\is divided into/ sixty two pence \whereof 60 make or {crowns}/ so the English\Scotch/ o|O|unce Troy is divided into {illeg} sixty two parts whereof 56 make their 60 shillings piece, their money being made lighter by 4s in 60 to {Their} {illeg}|si|xty shillings scotch are to an\a Scotch/ Ounce Troy scotch & their pound Troy is less then ye English pound Troy by 4 fou{illeg}|r| penny weight & 9 grains. Whence of ye English pounds. Whence Sixty shi Scotch shillings \ought to/ weigh 425gr or 17dwt 17gr of ye English pound Troy. Our pound Troy is great then Their \standard{illeg}/ Troy weights \{illeg}|by| wch they coyne are/ also by {illeg} made at our Mint at ye same time with ours \& by {illeg} by common consent of both Mints/, & our pound Troy |is| {is}\being/ greater their|n| theirs by 4 {illeg}|penny| {illeg}|w|eight 9gr. And as we divide our pound Troy into 62 \parts wch are our/ shillings & our ounce {sixty} into sixty |two| \parts wch are our/ pence so they divide their ounce into sixty shillings two parts wch are their shillings excepting that {out} of {illeg} that to prevent ye melting down of their money they {coyn} make their 60 shillings pieces lighter by four of those parts,\money lighter by 4 shillings in sixty/ {illeg}|(|as i am {readily} informed.|)| so that their sixty shillings\that sixty shillings of their {illeg} money/ is to their ounce Troy as 56 to 62 or 28 to 31, & by consequence ought to weight 425gr or 17dwt 17gr of our pound Troy, as I find by experie{illeg}|nce|{illeg} th{illeg}|e|y {be} \& to be worth {illeg}|54|{35} {illeg}|En|glish pence & {illeg} 0 parts of a penny./ The experiments are\{illeg}/ we have made of their weight {illeg}|&| fineness of their money are as follo{ws}

Pieces Coyned in ye reig{illeg}|n| of K. Cha. II Reign Date Weight Fineness Value
1 {illeg}|A| half mark piece of K. Charles II/Ch\ {sic} Cha. II 1665 42gr wors iiijdwt12 5d14
2 Cha II 86 wors vij 10d34
A two Mark piece
4 Another Mark piece of Cha II 1675 102 wors ij 13
3 A two mark piece {sic} Cha II 1673 175 wors vij 2178
5. A three pound piece {sic} Cha II 1681 416 wors iiij 52d34 4. 434
6 Another thre {sic} pound piece Cha II 1682 425 not assayd/wors iij\ {illeg}|54|d. 016 4. 616
Another thre {sic} pound piece
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|Pieces \coyned/| In the reigns of K. Iames & K William

Year weight Fineness Value
A three pound piece 16{illeg}|9|1 16425gr sta|ndard| 4s. 6d 34 18 910
A forty shillings piece 1687 284 not assayd
Another 1688 283 sta 3. 012
Another 1689 284 sta 3. 023
Another 1695 284 sta 3. 023
Another 1695 284|3| wors iij 3. 0
An other 1696 284 sta 3. 023
Another 1696 285|3| wors ij 3. 015|16|
A twenty shil. piece 1695 142 sta 1. 613
Another 1695 142 sta 1. 613
Another 1696 142 sta 1. 613
A tenn shill piece 1687 71 sta 0. 916
Another 71 sta 0. 916
Another 1695 7112 not assayd
Another 1695 7{illeg}|2| sta 0. 0{illeg} 16
Another 1695 68 sta 0. 879 = 0. 834
A fi{illeg}|v|e shill. piece 35 wors i 0. 412 {illeg}

The half mark, \the/ two mark & |ye| half marke pieces coyned\{coyned}\coyned// in ye reign of K Charles ye II {illeg}|a|re \ill coyned coyned of an ill shape |bad work| |& considerably|/ coarser & lighter lighter then stand{illeg}|ar|d{sic} for wch reason they have been since called in\were called in neare the end of that reign/ & are no {illeg}longer currant in Scotland.

The sixty, 40, 20, 10 & five shillings pieces coyned since are better {shill} coyned\money/ in every respect, {illeg} & make up ye bulk of ye money wch now comes out of Scotland into England. Those coyned in ye reigns of King Iames & King William are very well sized & standarded except that some few pieces are ij or iijdwt worse then standard\{th}e ten shillings piece{sic}/. The {illeg} value|a||tion| of their p{illeg} money in {illeg} is to reccon \{illeg}ed may be may be {wors} in the nearest round numbers {illeg} by recconning/ their 10s piece worth {illeg} nine pence of our money & their 5s \piece/ worth 412d & so proportionally their 20, 40 & 60 shilling-pieces worth 1s 6d, 3s. 0d, & 4s 6d. of {illeg} money {illeg} the \if all their money were iijdwt ob wors then standard this recconning would be sufficiently/ || < insertion from f 113r > ✱ At which rate their mark pieces (when ever they shall coyn any more of them) ought to pass for shillings & their half mark pieces for sixpences. These are round {ways} of recconnings {may} fit for use.

In recconing exactly, their 10s piece is worth 9d & about ye 7tht of a penny of our money, yet considering < text from f 112v resumes > \In recconning exactly/ their ten-shillings-piece is \{exac}t/ worth 9 pence & \about/ ye seventh part of a penny \of our money/, yet considering that some pieces of their money are coyned ijdwt or iiijdwt & iiij dwt wors then standard \& some of them have been found better then standard/ & that by continuall wearing they \their money/ grows dal|y|ly lighter & lighter & cannot be recoyned here wthout loss & that no country {illeg}|r|eceives the money of another country unless at an under{-rate}\value/, it see may seem a re\a/{illeg}|so|nable enough that {illeg}|th|eir 10s pieces should \not/ pass in England for more yn nine penc{illeg}|e|s: For were\{illeg}|w|ere all/ their money {illeg}iijdwt ob worse then standard their \{illeg}|e|ither worse yn standard by iiij dwt or lighter then standard by a grain in every/ {illeg}|eigh||t| shillings piece/six pence\\of {illeg}\of their money/: th{illeg}|eir| ten shillings piece of their money/ would not |not| be worth {but} nine pence|.| of {illeg}

If their 10s piece|s| should pass for 9d, \pences/ their mark pieces (when <113r> ever they shall coyn any more of them) ought to \|ought| would (after the same rate) to/ pass for shillings & their half mark pieces for sixpences & this is also a very round way of recconning very fit for use.

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