15-16)

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/76-7, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  'A Bill of the prizes [i.e. prices] of such Tools & other things as may be usefull in her Maj^ts Mint in Scotland', with a covering letter to the Treasury [MINT 19/3/15-16]

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One set of Bell weights for Gold 36^{lw^t}	20.	0.	0
One set of Bell weights for silver 81^lwt	4.	10.	0
Two sets of penny weights & grains & coyn weights	0.	{illeg}\|4\|.	0\|6\|
One douzen of sizing scales {illeg}\|w\|^th counter-poizes at 11^s a piece	{illeg}\|6\|.	1{illeg}\|2\|.	0
One pair of cast Rollers
One set of brass patterns for casting the ☉ & ☾

{illeg}|I|f more sets of these things be wanted they may be either brought here\in shops/ or made in {illeg}|S|cotland by these patterns

In obedience to yo^r Lo^ps Order of y^e 3^d Instant we have considered the Inventory \therewith sending/ of Tools & other necessarys proposed to be provided in London for \the use of/ her Maj^ties Mint in Scotland, & are humbly of Opinion that besides the {illeg} two Pyles of Standard weights, & two trial pieces for crown gold & two trial pieces for standard silver mentioned in o^r last report, it may be convenient to send \to/ them from her Ma^ties Mint in the Tower the following Tools things w^ch we have \here/ set down in the following list \weight their prizes as follows/

Two sets of great \bell/ weights one\one/ for gold, the other\& two one/ for silver.

Two sets of penny weights & grains & two of Coyn-weights.

One d{illeg}|o|uzen of sizing scales with counterpoizes

Two \Or/ pair of cast Roller for \a/ patter{illeg}|n| to make others by

{P}|T|wo sets of brass patterns for casting:

The \blisterd/ steel, Brushes {illeg}\the German steel, the/ Mercury, Alume, winestone, Charcoal, Bone ashes, \Coppel moulds, Mufflers, Essay ballances, Brass Calms,/ Books of Vellum, Fla Iusting Flots, files, Brushes, Table vices, Grindstones, Oyle stones & sweep-milnes \are useful in coyning &/ may be provided by the Officers of that Mint as formerly, \they being to be had in shops, &/ the new Mint not differing in these things from the old. However we have set down their prizes in the following schedule & are \copy of the schedule sento us by yo^r Lo^ps Order/ ready \(if desired)/ to assist them in procuring what they want from London they paying for the same.

What they mean by a sizeing Miln & Iusting flots we do not understand, having no such names of tools in use amongst us

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Blistered S{e}\|t\|eel at 4^d $\frac{1}{2}$ p^r lw^t		10. 10. 00
German steel at 8^d or 10^d \or 12^d/ p^r lw^t		0{illeg}\|9\|. 0{0}\|6\|. 00\|8\|

Steel 700^{lw^t} {{illeg}\|2\|00} at about 8^d 10^g or 1^s p^r lw^t according to y^r goodness & scarcity \& 500 at 4 $\frac{1}{2}$ /	}	{illeg}\|2\|0^li. 00. 00
Four pair of cast Rollers at 6^li a pair		24. 00. 00
Two douzen of large scratch brushes		1. 12. 00
One douzen of large Scratches the one half thereof of Wier	}
Twenty four dozen of Iusting Flots \(if {illeg}\|R\|asps for siseing be hereby meant) at 1^li. 16^s p^r dozen/	}	43. 4. 00
Twelve dozen of Iusting hard hand brushes \at 3^d a piece/ with one dozen of soft brushes \|at \ab{out}/ about 6^d a piece\|	}	{illeg}\|2\|. {illeg}\|0\|{illeg}2. 00
Fifty pounds w^tt of Mercury at 6^s p^r lw^t		15. 00. 00
Brass Patterns for the making molds for casting y^e barrs at 1^lib p^r sett	}
Five hundred {illeg}\|l\|w^tt of Alume at 22^s p^r lw^tt\Cw^t/ & two hundred lw^t of red-winestone at p^r lw^t	}
One sweep Mill 6^li		6^li
One sizing Mill (if a Cutter\{justening} Mill/ be hereby meat {sic}
One Pyle of Weights w^th the divisions of the penny w^t from y^e ounce	}	2. 10. 00
Two dozen of sizeing scales and counterpoises at 10^li p^r douzen		20. 00. 00
A pair of Gold scales w^th a{n} stand		7. 10. 00
An hundred bushels of Charcoal at 10^d p^r bushel		3. 06. 08\4. 3 4/
Bone ashes 30 bushells at about 12^s p^r bushel		18. 00. 00
Two Assay ballances w^th standarts & Lanthorns & weights at 5^li a Ballance & 2^li weights	}	14. 00. 00
A Table Vice \|at 1^s p^r Two lw^t\|		{illeg}\|2\|. 0\|1\|0. 00
Two Copel moulds 10^s five douzen of Muffles about 1^li 5^s		1. 15. 00
A pair of Brass Calms a foot long for casting assay bl\|u\|llets		0. 0{illeg}\|7\| 00
Three douzen of hand files \1^l. {\|1\|9\|5\|}^s/, two douzen of round files \{7}\|1\|^li 10^s/, ons dozen of half round files \15^s/, one dozen of douce files {illeg}\|3\|^li. 1{illeg}\|0\|^s	}	{4}\|7\|. {illeg}\|00\|. 00
Two large books of fine Ve{illeg}\|l\|lum \|at 1^s 6 a fine small skin w^ch makes a leafe, & 80 leaves in a book\|	}	12. 00. 00
Two Grindstones		1. 00. 00
For the Graver two Oylestones 1^li tne files 1^li. {10}\|16\|^s six small scratch brushes 12^s	}	3. 0{2}\|8\|. 00

An iron mold a foot long foot for casting assay bullets is worth about 5^s, a brass one may be worth 6 or 8^s.

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Two Pyles of Standard weights & tryal pieces are already reported necessary.

{illeg}|T|wo sets of great weights one for gold the other fold silver

Two sets of penny weights & grains & two of coyn-weights

Two |One| douzen of sizing weights\scales/ with counterpoizes.

Four |Two| pair of cast Rollers for {illeg}|p|atterns to make others by.

Two |One| Essay {sic} Ballances {sic} with standarts & essay {sic} weights.

A pair of brass Calms.

Brass Patterns for casting

A sweep Miln.

A siseing Miln.

The steel, \Mercury,/ Alume,|&| Wynestone, are merchantable commodities & may be hand in Scotland \as formerly/ & so may the files, flotts, Brushes, Charcoal, Bone ashes, Table Vices, Copel moulds, Mufflers, Books of Vellum, Grindstones, & Oylestones, Sweep-millns \brass Calms & Essay {sic} Ballances/. In these things the new Mint will not differ from y^e old.