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Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/4-5, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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An Account of the weight & fineness of several piece of Scotch money.

Intrinsic Value
54^d $\frac{1}{8}$ $\frac{1}{32}$	A sixty shillings piece of Charles II 1682 weighing 425^gr, wors iij^dwt
54 $\frac{7}{8}$	A sixty shillings piece of William & Mary 1691, weighing 425^gr, standard
36^d	A forty shillings piece of King William 1695 weighing 283^gr, work iij^dwt
21 $\frac{7}{8}$	A twenty six shillings & 8 pence piece (Hattons two mark piece) of Charles II 1673 weight 175^gr, wors vij^dwt
18 $\frac{1}{4}$	A twenty shillings piece of King William 1695 wieghing 141^gr, standard.
13 $\frac{1}{16}$	A thirteen shillings & four pence piece of Charles II 1675 weight 102^gr wors ij^dwt
10 $\frac{3}{4}$	A 13 $\frac{1}{3}$ shhillings piece (Hattons Mark) piece of Charles II weighing 86^gr wors vij^{dw^t}
9 $\frac{1}{6}$	A tenn shillings piece of King James II weighing 71^gr, standard
5 $\frac{1}{4}$ $\frac{1}{16}$	A six shillings & 8^d piece of Charles II, (Hattons Half mark) weighing 42^gr, worse iiij $\frac{1}{2}$ ^dwt
4 $\frac{1}{2}$ − $\frac{1}{32}$	A five shillings piece of King William weighing 35^gr worse 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^dwt.

Whence I observe that in taking Scotch shillings for English pence there ought to be a discount of 10 per cent: And particularly a Scotch ^[1] shillings piece is worth in England ^[2] intrinsic value
And a Scotch ^[3] is worth in England ^[4]

Hatton (Lauderdale's brother) coyned money of two base allay for which he was accused by D. Hamilton & went out about the time of Lauderdales disgrace neare the end of Cha{:} II'{s} reign. All his money was ordered to be recoyned & now is not current in Scotland.

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Sixty two shillings scotch make a scotch ounce Troy as 62^d English make english ounce Troy except that the Scotch money is made lighter by 4^s Scotch in the Scotch three {illeg} piece, or in the proportion of 15 to 14 to prevent the melting down of their money.

The most current money in Scotland at present are 40 20 10 & 5^s pieces

^[1] 5} 10 15

^[2] 4 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^d} 9 13 $\frac{1}{2}$

^[3] half mark} Mark Pound

^[4] 6^d. 12. 18