Covering letter for his draft designs of George I Coronation Medals Isaac Newton c. 551 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 c. September 1714, c. 551 words. Coronation Committee

Followed by a further holograph draft of MINT00761 (Mint 19/3/332)

 MINT 19/3/330, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/3/330 c. 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 CouclCouncil appointed to consider of his MajtiesMajesties Coronation.

May it please yoryour LordpsLordships

I have according to yoryour LordpsLordships Order of 1st of prepared Drafts of Gold & Silver Medalls of the Kings MatyMajesty to be distributed on the day of his MatsMajestys Coronation & herewith present the same to yoryour LordpsLordships. The form of his MajtsMajestys face is taken from a Medal made in Germany, but medals made there by different Gravers are not like one another. The designe on the Reverse relates to his MajtsMajestys accession to the tThrone on account of Religion, & represents him Defender of the faith conteined in the scriptures & ytthat the Bible is still open to the people & according to the manner of the ancient mendalls of the Greeks & Romans, it is grave proper simple & free from reflexions & not entirely liable to be reflected upon.

All wchwhich is most humbly submitted to yoryour LordpsLordships great

wisdome.

To the RtRight HonbleHonourable the Lords of the Committee of Council appointed to consider of heis MatysMajestys Coronation

May it pl.please yoryour LordpsLordships

According In obedience to to yoryour LordpsLordships oOrder I herewith lay before yoryour Lordps some more drafts of Gold Medals to be distributed on yethe day of his MatsMajesty's Coronation, & that I should lay before yoryour LordpLordship an account of the Medall made upon her late MatsMajestys Coronation & of the time requisite to make medalls upon the present occasion I most humbly represent that Vpon the Coronation of her late MatyMajestythese were then 1200 Medals of Silver & 200 of Gold were then made by Order of Council & delivered to the LdLord Bradford then Treasurer of yethe Houshold & Coferer to be distributed & that 515 gold medals were made afterwards for the house of Commons by Order of the LdsLords Treasurer Commissioners of the Treasury & for their Chapplain & Sargeant, & 38 for forreign mMinisters. The them for the House of Commons then sitting, & for 38 more for forreign ministers. A pound weight of fine Gold was cut into 20 medals & a pound weight of fine sSilver into 22 medals. And the Medalls were After the form of the Medalls areis setled it will take up a month to about a month to make the Puncheons & if eachither of the Puncheons should break it woul three or four days more to make the dyes & coyn the medals &by the mill & press. If they arethe impression is to rise high like that of the th late Medals made upon the peace, it will they must be coyned in a ring, & it will take a week more to coyn 1400 such medalls of this sort, every 200 Medalls requiring about a day to coyn them in this manner, & the Medalls must be weightier that there may be substance to make the impression rise high. A pound weight gol fine gold may be cut into 16 medalls & a pound weight of fine Silver into twenty. If either of the Puncheons should break a fortnight a fortnight more much be allowed for repairing the loss. It will be requisite that my LdLord Treasurer advance money for buying gold & silver.