Table of the amount coined by Wood 4 June 1723 to 28 March 1724

Author: Unknown

Source: MINT 19/2/472, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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An Account of the Copper Coynage of Half-pence and Farthings for the Service of Ireland as it appears by the Several Abstracts transmitted from Bristoll to the 28:^th of March 1724.
Halfpence.						Farthings.					Odd Ounces in each Abstract
Date.	Weight.	Tale	Value.			Weight.	Tale.	Value.			Half-pence				Farthings.
1723	Suttle lib:					Suttle lib:					W^t oz	T.	Val:		W^t oz	T.	Val:
10 June 4	18,977	1,138,620	2,372	2	6	..........	..........	......	..	..	14	...	..	..	....	....	...	...
D:^o 29	12,314	738,840	1,539	5	..	..........	..........	......	..	..	4	...	..	..	....	....	...	...
July 27	13,425	805,500	1,678	5	6	549	65,880	68	12	6	2	...	...	...	2	….	….	...
Aug:^t 31	13,440	806,400	1,680	..	..	247	29,640	30	17	6	13	...	….	...	2	….	….	...
Sept:^r 30	11,849	710,940	1,481	2	6	342	41,040	42	15	..	6	...	….	...	12	….	….	...
Octo:^r 26	12,370	742,200	1,546	5	..	334	40,080	41	15	..	15	...	….	...	9	….	….	...	Totals	Suttle lib
Nov:^r 30	12,664	759,840	1,583	..	..	1,689	202,680	211	2	6	11	...	….	...	14	….	….	...	Half-pence	123,839
Dec:^r 28	7,411	444,660	926	7	6	809	97,080	101	2	6	6	...	….	...	9	….	….	...	Farthings	8,685
Jan:^y 25	9,673	580,380	1,209	2	6	714	85,680	89	5	..	3	...	….	...	10	….	….	...	Odd Ounces	11:4^oz
Feb:^y 26	8,983	538,980	1,122	17	6	696	83,520	87	..	..	12	...	….	...	15	….	….	...	Specimens	31:
Mar: 28	2,733	163,980	341	12	6	3,305	396,600	413	2	6	6	...	….	...	15	….	….	...		132,566: 4
	123,839	7,430,340	15,479	17	6	8,685	1,042,200	1,085	12	6	5^lib:12	345	14	4 $\frac{1}{2}$	5^lib: 8	660	13	9
						123,839		15,479	17	6					5:12		14	4 $\frac{1}{2}$
						132,524		16,565	10	..					11:4		1^£:8^s:	1^d $\frac{1}{2}$

Abstract

Weight Reduced to Tuns &c.^a	Tuns. đ. Q. lib. Oz
Half-pence	55: 5: 2: 23: 0
Odd Ounces amounting to	5: 12	55: 5: 3: 0: 12
Farthings	3: 17: 2: 5: 0
Odd Ounces amounting to	5: 8	3: 17: 2: 10: 8
Specimens		1: 3: 0
Tot: Weight		59: 3: 2: 14: 4

Tale					Value
	Halfpence	7,430,340
	Odd oz making	345	7,430,685		£ 15,480:11:10 $\frac{1}{2}$
	Farthings	1,042,200
	Odd oz making	660	1,042,860		£ 1,086: 6: 3
	Specimens Computed as $\frac{1}{2}$ pence		1,860		£ 3:17: 6
				Tot: Value	£ 16,570:15:7 $\frac{1}{2}$

Note By M^r Wood's Account from the Telling Room the N:^o of Baggs is 3345 at 5^£ Value each, which together w.^th y^e £3:17:6 Specimens, Amount to	£ 16,728:17:6
The Comp:^rs Computation by the Weight is	£ 16,570:15:7 $\frac{1}{2}$
The Patentee has gained by Telling	158: 1:10 $\frac{1}{2}$
The Whole Remedy allow'd on 132,566lib:^oz at $\frac{1}{2}$ ꝑ lib: is	276: 4: 2 $\frac{1}{2}$
Of which the Patentee appears to have gain'd no more than	158: 1:10 $\frac{1}{2}$
Value of y^e Coyn withon y^e Remedy on y^e Whole is	118: 2: 4

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The Comptroller's Acco:^t Of the Coynage for the Service of Ireland To y^e 28:^th March 1724 T. đ. Q. lib. Oz Quantity 59: 3: 2: 14: 4.

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