Draft of MINT00766 (Mint 19/3/286), both likewise dated 17 January 1714/5

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/280, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  Submits designs for reverses of half-guineas and sixpences [MINT 19/3/286]

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To the R^t Hon^ble the Lords Commissioners of his Maj^ties Treasury.

May it please yo^r Lord^ps

That the Arms in the fourth Escutcheon on the Reverses of the half Guineas & Sixpences may not be too much crouded I present your Lordships with the Designes hereunto annexed for {illeg}|t|hose Reverses, with most humble submission to yo^r Lord^ps great Wisdome

Isaac Newton

Mint Office.
17 Ian. 171 $\frac{4}{5}$ .

Having in a late Memorial signified to your Lord^ps that the Arms in the fourth Escutcheon \may prove too much crouded/ on the Reverses of the si|h|alf Guineas & Sixpences: \for {y^e} {remedy} thereof for removing that difficulty/ I humbly present your Lord^ps with the Designes hereunto annexed for those Reverses, the same being {illeg}\the/ suitable to the Arms His \several parts {illeg} conformable to his/ |chi{ef} parts of his| Ma^ties Arms proposed by the Earl Marshal & approved.\being {illeg}/ {in} Co{ur}t by his Ma^ty in Council.\with a & approved of./ And I humbly desire\propose/ that the same may be laid before his Ma^ty in Council for their\his/ approbation {illeg}|if| it be thought fi{illeg}|t|.

All w^ch is most humbly submitted to yo^r Lord^ps great wisdo

I. N.