Holograph notes on the output and costs of various individual operations (e.g. pressing, stamping, milling) at the Mint

Working at the Press A Press coins 54 pieces in a minute, or 27 pence that is a pound & an half, 90 pounds in an hour, & 450 pounds in 5 hours. The orther 4 or 5 hours may be allowed for setting or changing the dies, bringing the blanks & carrying back the new moneyes. Four Labourers & moneyer to feed the Press comes 14s per 450lb. or

\frac{28}{75}

d or

\frac{3}{8}

d per ℔ }

\frac{3}{8}

d per lbpound. Working at the Marking. The Engin marks 72 pieces or 2 pounds in a minute, & 600℔ in 5 hours by the hands of one Moneyer at 6s per diem. That is 25℔ for 3d. The other four or 5 hours may be allowed for setting right the Engin & fetching & carrying the blanks. }

\frac{3}{25}

d or

\frac{1}{8}

The cutt working at a cutter. A moneyer One cutter make 60 blanks or 30 pence in a minute, 1800 pence or 100℔ in an hour & 600℔ in six hours monyrmoneyerman or Labourer at 8 per diem, that is 50℔ for 8 }

\frac{4}{25}

The working at a Mill. One Mill in a day with 6 horses at 3s per horse & a Miller at 3s & a horskeeper at 2s will draw bars thrice thorou for making 1000li prper diem in shillings or 20000 half pence or 555lwt. that is 555lwt for 276d. }

\frac{1}{2}

The working at a Flatter A Flatter wthwith a Moneyer & Labourer flats 800lwt per diem for 8s }

\frac{3}{25}

418 343 Ten mills working 20 hours prper diem sufficed for coining 960000li per week in shillings & therefore two mills working 10 hours per diem suffice for coining 9000 per week & 1699600li per diem that is 30000 pieces, & so many half pence amount to 833lwt of copper per diem. And if the copper go but twice through the Mills the two mills will sufice for coyning 1250℔ per diem A Press strikes 54 times a minute & therefore by continual working coins 90lwt in an hour & 405li in 4

\frac{1}{2}

hours. The rest of yethe day is allowed for setting right the Presses Dyes & carrying the blanks & money to & fro. A moneyer & 4 labourers come to 14s per day that is

\frac{168}{405}

d =

\frac{3}{7}

d. A Cutter makes 60 blanks in 500li of half penny blanks in a day. And two Mills two shilling Cu half penny cutters & twoone farthing cutter make 1250lwt of Blanks per diem, By the help of one Moneyer one at 6s onetwo Millers at 3s each otwo labourers & a horskeeper at 2s each & 12 horses at 3s each, in all at 54s prper diem that is at

\frac{1}{2}

d per lwtpoundweight. A phalf penny flatter a day & a farthing flatter half a day comes to 162s per 1250lwt or

\frac{1}{{?}}

d per lwtpoundweight A marking engin comes to 8s per 4000lwt or

\frac{1}{4}

d per lwtpoundweight, & the lettered Keeping the Engines in repair plates to

\frac{1}{12}

d per lwtpoundweight The charge of coining copper & time it takes up computed.