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Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/284, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  Submits draft designs for new George I coins [MINT 19/3/285]

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The five pound piece the forty shillings piece the thirty twenty shillings piece & the ten shillin{illeg}|g|s piece of gold according to the forms described in the two uppermost figures & the Crown, half crown, shilling & sixpenny pieces of silver according to the forms described in the two figures next below. In both w^ch sorts of both the inscription is abov GEORGIVS. D. G. MAG. BRI. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. F. D. is about the Head & the Reverse hath four Esch|u|tcheons crowned with the points of the Escutcheons turned inwards & a star & garter in the middle between the points, & in the th{illeg}|r|ee first Escutcheons the Arms of great Britain France & Ireland & in the fourth the Arms of his Maj^ts f{illeg} Dominions in Germany & about the Escutcheons the inscription BRVN. ET. LVN. DVX. S. R. I. A. TH. ET. PR. EL. & over the first Escutcheon the Date |[|& between the Escutcheons four scepters on the gold moneys but not on the silver|]|. And the Groats, three pennys, two {illeg}|p|ennies & Pennies are to be according to forms of the larger silver moneys on the Head side wth the {illeg}|I|nscription GEORGIVS DEI GRATIA, & on the Reverse after the forms described in the four lowest figures with the numbers 4, 3, 2 & 1 crowned & the Inscription MAG. BRI. FR. ET. HIB. REX &c, & the Date. And the Gold moneys for distinguishing them from the silver moneys gilt are to have {illeg}|o|n the {illeg}|H|ead side no {t}|d|rapery about the neck & on the Reverse four scepters between the Escut{illeg}|c|heons.