Note by Conduitt on the sequence of processes in coining

Author: John Conduitt

Source: MINT 19/5/6, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Mem.^m The course of an Ingot –

Assayed – reposted – \rated & Standarded/ sett to pott – delivered to Melter – Melted in ru{n} into bars – Assay M^r takes a bar at option out of each pot – Bars delivered to Moneyers – first annealed \i.e. put into a furnace like an oven/ to make it soft & fit for the Mill – then

Put into the Mill & when of the size drawn to the thickness of the guinea or half guinea the blanks are cutt out of the bars – then they are flattened – then they are sized – then they are milled or marked i.e. letters round the edges – then they \blanks/ are nealed to make them soft – then blanched in Alom & water \to cleanse them/ – then dried in saw duste then corked that is stampt. —

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Course of an Ingot till it is coin —

Professor Rob Iliffe
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Note by Conduitt on the sequence of processes in coining

Mem.m The course of an Ingot –

Mem.^m The course of an Ingot –