Holograph memorandum on coining from copper bars Isaac Newton c. 489 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 1714-15?, c. 489 words. MINT 19/2/351, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/2/351 1714-15? England English Holograph MintCopper Coinage Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott
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That Copper money be made of such fine copper as will hammer wthwithout cracking when red hot & is worth about 1112 prper lwtpound weight.

That such Copper be reduced into barrs at the battering Mills or drawing mills. And that the barrs being of a convenientdue length breadth & thickness be received by the Master & Worker of the Mint by weight & assay upon his note & a pound weight be cut into pence.. And that the Mastrer upon delivering back to yethe Importer the same quantityweight of Copper by weight & assay in the form of Scissel or Money the money being firest assayed & taking back his Note, be discharged of his receipt without further accounting for the same, as in the coinage of Gold & Silver. That all the bmoney before delivery be assayed by in the following manner. Let a Tunn be thrown upon a floor & mixed well together with a shovel, & from the four sides thereof let so much copper money be counted by the Assay master as should make a pound weight averdupois, & if the same in all the four assays makes a pound weight without erring above two dragms in any one of the four assays, then the mone & one piece taken by chance out of each assay endures the triall by the hammer, then the money to be deliverable otherwise not. And let the weight of the four assays be entred in a book, & the tale of the mass whole Tunn be recconed equal to the tale of yethe summ of yethe four assays in proportion to the weight. And if it be thought fit, a piece or two may be taken out of every Tunn & put into a Box to be tried by the Assaymraster before such persons as shall be appointed to see the Triall. And where any error occurrs in the weight Tale the Moneyers may endeavour to correct it in coyning the next parcel. That the Importer upon receiving copper money from the MrMaster do pay to the Master a seigniorage of per lwtpound weight for bearing all the charges of coynage & coyning tools & incidents. And that the Master & WrWorker account annually for the same. The Copper Workers at the Copp for their Copper & workmanship at the battering Mills, & for putting off the Copper money demand 17d per lwtpound weight,. The coynage will cost 312d per lwtpound weight. And if an half penny more be allowed for repairing the buildings & other charges a pound weight will be cut into one & twenty pence & the seigniorage will be 4d per lwtpound weight. But if the barrs be made by Rolling mills they whole will be done a penny per lwt cheaper the c barrs will be made a penny prper lwtpound weight cheaper & a pound weight may be cut into 20d.