Result of pyx trial held 7 August 1713 on the gold trial plates of 19 October 1660, 15 October 1688 and 23 June 1707, which were all found standard

Author: Unknown

Source: MINT 19/1/303, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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At the Tryal of the Pix the 7^th of August 1713 were tryed 3 standard peices {sic} of Gold Indented viz^t.

1 dated 19 Octo^r. 1660 Tryd & found standard upon y^e Assay

1 dated 15 Octo^r. 1688 Tryd & found standard upon y^e Assay

1 dated 25 Iune 1707 Tryd & found standard upon y^e assay

The standard Peice {sic} of silver Indented was dated the 25 of Iune 1707 but not Tryed

The Iury reported the three standard peices {sic} of Gold to be all of them of the standard of 22 Carracts {sic} of fine Gold & two Carracts {sic} of allay in the pound weight troy & agreeable each & every of them with the other & others of them

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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