Memoranda on accounting, checking and packing Isaac Newton c. 439 words Newton Project London 2019 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 c. 1713-1714, c. 439 words. Memoranda on accounting, checking and packing [MINT 19/2/333]Memoranda on accounting, checking and packing [MINT 19/2/364] MINT 19/2/324, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/2/324 c. 1713-1714 England English Holograph MintCopper Coinage Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Kees-Jan Schilt

Artic. 1 That and Agent or Importer appointed to pay all charges of copper & coynage & incidents salaries & incidents, & to receive the price of the copper money & account for the whole.

23 That the bargains be made for copper by the Officers of yethe Mont & the copper be paid for by the said Agent accoringaccording to such bargains signified to him under the hands of yethe said Officers & not otherwise.

32 That the Master of yethe Mint be copper be coyned in half pence & farthings be made of pure malleable copper without any mixture of Brass or Tin, by the master of the Mint accord to such a contract as shall be made by between her Majesty & the said Master

4 That When yethe copper is coyned the Master deliver the new copper moneys by weight to yethe two Clerks or Tellers one for yethe byQueen & one for the Agent to tell the same & examin the tale by weight & put it up the up the money in paper 5s or 10s in a paper & tye up every one two or four papers in a parcell wthwith packthred & set a known scale upon the knot in order to delivery, & insert the tale into yethe receipt wchwhich they give to yethe Master & deliver the same to the Order of the Agent, or his Order to be dispersed & certify the Tale to the Master. The seale to be kept by yethe Queens teller or in a box under both their keys.

5 That the MrMaster give receipts to the

5 That the Agent take the Masters Receipts of the Copper & the Copper-mans receipt of the Price & give back the Masters that the Master be discharged for so much copper by taking up his receipts for so much copper as he delivers to the Tellers.

That the Ag upon delivery of copper money to the tellers the Master pay the be paid by the Agent for coynage & give the Agent receipts expressing the weight & tale of the copper.

7 That the Tellers enter in a book yethe weight & take of all the copper money delivered to to them & certify the tale to yethe Master &c that thereceived by them & that the Master enter in a book the weight & tale of all the copper received & delivered by him. And that the Agent upon making up his acctsaccounts produce 4 certificates signed by the Master & Tellers of all the copper money coyned wthwith the acctaccount time of the Acc.tAccount