Result of pyx trial held 7 August 1713 on the gold trial plates of 19 October 1660, 15 October 1688 and 23 June 1707, which were all found standard

Author: Unknown

Source: MINT 19/1/303, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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At the Tryal of the Pix the 7^th of August 1713 were tryed 3 standard pieces of Gold Indented viz^t.

1 dated 19 Octo^r. 1660 Tryd & found standard upon the Assay

1 dated 15 Octo^r. 1688 Tryd & found standard upon the Assay

1 dated 25 Iune 1707 Tryd & found standard upon the assay

The standard Piece of silver Indented was dated the 25 of Iune 1707 but not Tryed

The Iury reported the three standard pieces of Gold to be all of them of the standard of 22 Carrats of fine Gold & two Carrats of allay in the pound weight troy & agreeable each & every of them with the other & others of them.

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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