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An Account of the cleare produce of the Coinage Duty for the three several years last past respectively.

The Produce of the coinage Duty in England
lisd
From 25th Decemb. 1712 to Do 1713 |was| 8039.00.11.
From 25 Decemb. 1713 to Do 1714 8720.19.0012
From 25 Decemb 1714 to Do 1715 11894.9.08.
The Produce of the Coinage duty in Scotland during the same three years paid into the Exchequer the last year 53. {sic} 09. {sic} 10 {sic}
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An Account of the charge of coining Gold & Silver money, & the established charge of the Mint in England and Scotland & incident charges attending the same.

In the years ending at Christmas
1713 1714 1715
The charges of assaying refining allaying melting & coining } 4647.090712 10053.00.4 133|4|39.19.712
Salaries & Repairs of houses & Offices in the Mint in London } 3385.02.5 3265.11.10 2948.06.0
Incidents in the same Mint 429.19.8 402.15.11 394.02.3
Charges of the Mint in Scotland 1200.00.00 1200.00.00 1200.00.0
Charges of prosecuting Clippers & coiners, about } 250.00.0 250.00.0 250.00.0
Total charge of both Mints 9912.11.812. 15171.07.1 182|1|32.07.1012


|1| The charges of \melting &/ coining Gold & Silver
by the pound weight
4439. 12. 912.
34. 17. 0
9710. 3. 4
11 9. 6
12824. 1. 012
16. 5. 0
|2| Other chareges of coinage, vi\Other charges \of/ {assaying} by the coinage viz/
The charge
\of/ \{Rate} of Assay in {illeg}/ a|A|ssaing, refining |&| allaying & trying the moneys\the {illeg}|B|ullion/
} 207. 16. 11\162 1{illeg}|2|. 11/ 342. 17. 0\331 8 6/ 515. 18. 7\499 13 {illeg}7/
|3| & repairing the furnaces/Trial of\Assaying/ the Pix\ 118. 10. 5 58. 17. {illeg}|8|
|6|7|| Sal{illeg}|a|ries 3014. 19. 11 2890. 0. 0 2590. 0. 0
|{illeg}|8|| Repairs of houses & Offices 370. 2 6 187. 17. 6 143. 18. 6
|4|5|| Charges of receiving the moneys at ye Excheqr & passing Accts } 124. 17. 0 187. 17. 6 143. 18. 6
|5|6|| Half of the Diet 29. 12. 0 35. 2. 5 24. 16. 8
|3|4|| Statione|a|rs|y| \ware & mending the scales & wts/ & Scalemakers Bills 16. 2. 0 22. 10. 0 26. 6. 0
|8|9|| \Various/ Incidents 140. 18. 3 157. 6. 0 140. 3. 5
||1|9|0|| 250. 0. 0 250. 0. 0 250. 0. 0
||1|10| Charges of the Mint in Scotland 1200. 0 0 1200. 0. 0 1200. 0. 0
Total Charge of the Mints {1}|0|9912. {illeg}/11{sic}\. 912 18132. 7. 1012

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