Holograph draft table of monthly coinage in 1697

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/5/55, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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[Diplomatic Text] [Catalogue Entry]

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											melted down
5139	s^.	15	^s.	11	^d. $\frac{1}{2}$	59365.	11.	9.	19	Apr 3	Jan 22	12 Gen remains 1696.
2570	.	8	.	6		29524.	11.	18.		21
7432	.	4	.	10		82521.	11.	12.	4		Jan 19
2237	.	8	.			24254.	2.	11.	17		Mar. 4
2053	.	19	.	6		23014.	8.	2.	23		Mar. 18
1496		–	.	–		16731.	9.	6.	19		Apr. 1
951	.	6	.	8		10693.	9.	11.	4		Apr 15
3196	.	11	.	7		35639.	10.	8.	49		Apr. 29
17233	.	2	.	5		17423.	3.	7.	2		May. 13
9704	.	00	.	10		112769.	00.	2.	3	Oct 10	May 27
7816	.	19	.	–		90529.	4.	10.	20	Nov 12	Iune 10
11379	.	10	.	4		129550.	5.	9.	23	Jan 18	Iune 24
158	.	16	.	10		1940.	9.	7.	23			Impassible money & sweep
Charge of Meltings refining & coyning & deducted out of moneys coyned						Standard ☾ received
						690820.	2.	1.	8

Coyned	l		Remains above 5^s per oz	Charge of 1^st Melting wast {refin} & coyning.
Jan & Feb. 1697.	$73652 . 8 . 0.23 .$	$7165 . 3 . 3$	$7165 . 3 . 3$
Mar	$100752 . 2.10 . 9$	$10627.18 . 6 \frac{1}{2}$	$9371.19 . 3$
[Loans at 5^s. 8^d	$23815 . 4 . 9.14$		$9371.19 . 3$
Apr	$83324 . 5 . . 9.20$	$10567 . 7 . 9$	$7787.14 . 0 \frac{1}{2}$
May	$50551 . 1 . 3.15$	$90102.18 . 9$	$5024 . 0 . 3$
Iune	$73091 . 3.12.16$	$12472 . 2 . 4$	$7325 . 2 . 1$
Iuly	$93226 . 8 . 4.14$	$13680 . 8.10 \frac{1}{2}$	$9376.15 . 6 \frac{3}{4}$
Wrought plate at 18^d per ℔ to Sir I. Iohson &c from Apr to Aug 28	$66000 . 0 . 0 0$	$11443.18.11 \frac{1}{4}$	$4950 . 0 . 0$
/Aug	$46556 . 1.18.19$	$11247 . 9 . 5 \frac{1}{4}$	$4753.10 . 6$
Sept. & Oct	$19444 . 6 . 4.22$	$9463.13 . 7 \frac{1}{4}$	$1803 . 7.10$
wrought Plate at 18^d per lwt to Sir I. Iohson &c from Aug. 28 to Nov. 4	$18620 4.19 . 4$	$8086 . 2 . 5 \frac{1}{4}$	$1396.10 . 6$
Dec Ian.	$11844 . 8 . 9 . 7$	$7823 . 8 . 2 \frac{1}{4}$	$1133.16 . 3$
Jan & Feb.	$16989 . 0 . 1 . 8$	$8763.13 . 6 \frac{1}{4}$	$1968 . 6 . 4$
Mar	$12531 . 8.13.21$	$9187 . 3 . 7 \frac{1}{2}$	$1844 . 2 . 2$
	$\overset{57655}{624400} \overset{5}{3} . \overset{8}{19} . 0$		$65870 . 3 . 1 \frac{1}{4}$

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