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of chons
& Proposals have been to eupon all the coinages of half pence & farthings
calling insinceyeare 1672t ed & King
James ed & in the beginning of the reign of their late ts.Commissions
Commissioners who had money imprested from the r
buy Swedish coined it being Swedish &d per pound
averdupoise d per pound weighte
charges
st
& half pence, Sr Joseph Hern & others contracted to change
the same coin 700 Tunns of copper
allowed to beare that charge tod per pound weight with
a Remedy of oneth
to the Government for echiby above 2d And That it 1ch
allowance now ceasingthe Officers of the Mint
in their Reports have constantly been of opinion that e
said Patent shouldought ought nth
since the moneys coyned thereby werbad& That the former method by Commission
& upon acount is more vresame method used for in in coining of goused in observed
coining of gold & silver as nearly as can be conveniently
so thatemaywillwell per for the
ed & may ofas occas by a standing Commission as the uses of[erequire [for avoiding] from complaints of the scarcity or excess of such money.
And we have further humbly been of opinion
reported that we are of opinion that e
pence & farthings should be to e
cbinteres incidents deducted. And considering
that in the last coin
occasioned complaints in Parliaments, we have inclined
& the whole coinage of seven h
sufficient for e
averse from adding too great a eF copper money
already coined. And the
coined yet considering that the melting it down would be
a loss to e00 or 80 thousand pounds
we have made
That its best to coin the money to eeit
it would sell for if the
any profit arise by the coynage it may be given to persons not
concerned in the coinage if her ty.
Andtworth considering & the coinage of
great a quantity would be apt to occasion complaints. For
etionr Morgan for coining 1800 Tunns e& coining 1000 Tunns of better would
copper money in lieu of them t
be a loss of 70 or 80 thou
six or seven hundred Tunns were found sufficient to stocl e
nation of England. And to the
new coinage of better & weightier money would cause the Peti old
money to be rejected by the people
of six or seven hundred Tunns been might have that effect because
for ee[sufficient only to supply not sufficient for that purpose e
defect of the old ones would not have that effect] would not hurt the currency
of the old moneywas bestfor e
This is the substancechPetition
Proposals referred to this Office during her ts.ch
humbly submitted &c
e
the charges of coinage & incidents & recconing the copper at what
it would sell for if the new money were melted down again. And
that of any
concerned in the coinage, if her ty.ill
therefore the former method by commission & upon account is the more
commendable & advantageous to e
used in ecopper in gold & silver be observed (as nearly
as can be conveniently) in e
coyange wil may be nearest to e
of better copper, & by a standing commission a greater any quantity
may be coined from time toe
time to time require. For [in e
considerable want of a new coinage &] the coinage of
quantity at once would be apt to occasion complaints .present copper first six hundred Tunns of the present copper money.r Morgan &c &
the Petitions above mentioned there was of new coynage
coinage of too great a quantity at once should occasion complaints as
it did actually in the coinage of the first six hundred Tunns of the
present mo copper money. The greatest want was in Lo In the time
of the first petitions there was no want; afterwards the greatest was
was in London & would be supplied by a & if they very small quantity
were wanted in someas much in others