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Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/1/287, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  'The manner of making the standard Trial pieces' [MINT 19/1/290]

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Her Maj^ty or her Council to {illeg}pp{illeg} orders the making of\that six one/ new standards of Crown {illeg}|g|old & \six of |one| |of|/ sterling silver & the delivering be made {&} \& each divided into six indented Trial pieces to be/ delivered |[|to the proper officers {accord} viz^t four to the Officers in England & one to y^e General of the Mint in Scotland|]| \for th/ according to y^e directions of the Indenture of the Mint in the Tower & {illeg} {illeg}|&| \to/ such other\further/ orders as shall\may/ be given. \her Maj^ts directions./

The L^d Chanc{l}ellour sends his Letter to y^e Wardens & Company of Goldsmiths to return him y^e names of an able Iury to make the standards. The jury for this purpose has been of 12 or {4}|5| persons.

The return of the names being made to his Lo^p, he {illeg}|s|ends his War^t by his Serjeant at Arms or Serjeants Deputy to summon the Iury by their names to attend {illeg}|h|is Lord^p at the time appointed.

And when they attend, the L^d Chancell^r calls to his Serjeant at Arms for his Warr^t for summoning |t|hi|e|m & appoints the same to be delivered to y^e Remembrancers Deputy who attends w^th a copy of an Oath to be given y^e Iury & the Oath being admistred the L^d {illeg} Chancellour gives the Iury in charge to make the said Trial pieces\standards/ with all the exactness imaginable & appoints \& what inscription & mark to put upon them pieces |& what number {illeg}|of| indented pieces to divide them into stamp {sic}|/ /& to indent & divide each into six equal parts according to their \best/ endeavours & to inscribe & print th{em}\ |& appoints| the time when & where to attend them with their Veredict \under their hands/, & \w^th/ the {illeg}|s|aid Standards. |{illeg} indented trial pieces.|

And the L^d Treasurer orders money for {illeg}|buy|ing gold {illeg}|&| silver to make the said standards.

When y^e Iury present their veredict Iury \under their/ Deputy Remembrancer attends to read it & \perhaps/ keeps it when read, & the Lord Chanc^r receives y^e standards |indented Trialpieces|

\Which being done/ The L^d Chanc^r delivers {illeg}|t|he s^d standards\Trial pieces/ or orders {illeg} by himself or his Agent {illeg}|to| y^e proper Officers\according to her Maj^ts directions/ upon Recepts {sic} for y^e same, & sends the \Veredict &/ receipts (expressing the weight of each standard\Trial Piece/) to the Lord Treasurer or Comm^rs of y^e Treasury to be entered in the Treary & kept there {illeg} by the Deputy Remembrancer.

By her Maj^ts directions in the Ind

|\By the Indenture of the Mint/ One Trial piece of each metal is to be deliv |in|to y^e Deputy Chamberlains of the Excheq^r\Treary/ to be kept \by the Deputy Chamberlains of the Excheq^r/for {illeg}|t|rial of y^e Pix, one to the Warden of the mint for tying {sic} the \new/ moneys \& bullion/, one to y^e Master & W^r for making the moneys, one to the Wardens of the company of goldsmiths for making & trying the plate, one into y^e Treasury of {illeg}|Sc|otland to try y^e moneys & one to y^e General \& other Officers/ {illeg}|o|f the Mint {of} |in| Scotland to make the money. |But if the\it may be/ ‡|| < insertion from the bottom of the page > ‡ \|considered| whether it will not be more conformable to y^e Act of Vnion that the/ moneys of both Mints shall {illeg} |be| henceforward be tried by \|in the sam {sic} manner that is by a {jury} {sic}| {illeg} by a jury of Goldsmiths {illeg}|b|efore y^e Q. & C{illeg}|o|uncil be a jury of G. \by// the standards of great Britain kept in the excheq^r & that both the Trial pieces of each metal be delivered to the General & Officers of the Mint at Edinborou{illeg}|gh|, the one to be kept by the Warden of y^t Mint for trying the new moneys & Bullion \& moneys before delivery/, the other to be kept of the Master & Worker of that Mint for making the moneys as is done in the Mint in the Tower.

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NB. The standard of ☉ may weigh about \20 or/ 2{illeg}|4| ounces of crown gold \= 96 li/ & that of silver 6{illeg} \66 or/ |7{illeg}|2|| ounces of standard silver \= 18. 12^s/, before it be cut even & divided into six pieces, &

This standard commixed of \22 carrets of fine gold \{illeg}/ & 2 carrets/ /11^oz 2^{dw^t} of fine silver & 12 dwt\ } of allay in the pound weight Troy of Englad made the day of 1702 \great Brittain 19 Oct/ |20 Iun. 1707|