Further holograph draft of <ref target="/catalogue/record/MINT00761">MINT00761</ref> (Mint 19/3/332) Isaac Newton c. 413 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 Early September 1714, c. 413 words. MINT 19/3/323, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/3/323 Early September 1714 England English Holograph MintCoin, Seal and Medal Design Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott, with retrofitting of normalized MINT00761
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To the RtRight HonbleHonourable the Lords of the Committee of Councill appointed to consider of his MajtsMajestys Coronation.

May it please yoryour LordpsLordships

In obedience to yoryour LordpsLordships Order that I should lay before yoryour LordpsLordships an account of the Meramber of Medals made upon the last Coronation & of the time requisite to make Medals upon the present occasion: I most humbly represent that twelve hundred Medals of silver & three hundred of gold were then made by Order of Councill & delivered to the Treasurer of the Houshold to be distributed at the Coronation, & that upon their Majts order Queens Order signified by the LdLord Treasurers Warrant five hundred & fifteen Medals of gold were made afterwards [by the Lord Treasurers Warrant] for the House of Commons then sitting & delivered to their Speaker, & forty more for forreign Ministers of gold were delivered to my LdLord Chamberlain, whereof those whereof those for the Agents & Consulsfor forreign Ministers. A pound weight of f fine Gold was cut into 20 Medals & a pound wtweight of fine silver into 22 Medalls. But the forreign Ministers (except the Agents & Consuls) had Medals of double the value. At yethe Coron.Coronation of KKing Wm there were only 200 medals of ☉ made by Order of Council.

After the form of the Medalls & of his MajtsMajestys Effigies is setled, it will take up about a Calendar month to make the Puncheons & three or four days more to make the Dyes & coyne the Medalls by the Mill & Press. And if either of the Puncheons should break as it sometimes happens it would take up a fortnight more to repair the loss. The Coynage Duty being appropriated, there should be money appropriated advanced Out T out of the civil List for for buying ☉ & ☽.

If the Impression is to rise high, like that of the late Medalls made upon the late peace, they medalls must be coyned in a ring, & to Make the Puncheons & Dyes & coyne 15 hundred sill require se medalls of this sort will take up six weeks & if either of yethe puncheons should break it would take up two months. And the impressionmedalls much be weightier to make that theirre may be substance to make the Impression rise high. Sixteen Medalls of this sort would will require a pound weight of fine gold, & twenty a pound weight of fine silver.