15-16)

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/76-7, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  'A Bill of the prizes [i.e. prices] of such Tools & other things as may be usefull in her Maj^ts Mint in Scotland', with a covering letter to the Treasury [MINT 19/3/15-16]

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One set of Bell weights for Gold 36^{lw^t}	20.	0.	0
One set of Bell weights for silver 81^lwt	4.	10.	0
Two sets of penny weights & grains & coyn weights	0.	4.	6
One douzen of sizing scales with counter-poizes at 11^s a piece	6.	12.	0
One pair of cast Rollers
One set of brass patterns for casting the ☉ & ☾

If more sets of these things be wanted they may be either brought in shops or made in Scotland by these patterns

In obedience to your Lordships Order of the 3^d Instant we have considered the Inventory therewith sending of Tools & other necessarys proposed to be provided in London for the use of her Majesties Mint in Scotland, & are humbly of Opinion that besides the two Pyles of Standard weights, two trial pieces for crown gold & two trial pieces for standard silver mentioned in our last report, it may be convenient to send to them from her Majesties Mint in the Tower the things which we have here set down weight their prizes as follows

Two sets of bell weights one for gold, & one for silver.

Two sets of penny weights & grains & two of Coyn-weights.

One douzen of sizing scales with counterpoizes

Or pair of cast Roller for a pattern to make others by

Two sets of brass patterns for casting:

The blisterd steel, the German steel, the Mercury, Alume, winestone, Charcoal, Bone ashes, Coppel moulds, Mufflers, Essay ballances, Brass Calms, Books of Vellum, files, Brushes, Table vices, Grindstones, Oyle stones & sweep-milnes are useful in coyning & may be provided by the Officers of that Mint as formerly, they being to be had in shops, & the new Mint not differing in these things from the old.

What they mean by a sizeing Miln & Iusting flots we do not understand, having no such names of tools in use amongst us

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Blistered Steel at 4^d $\frac{1}{2}$ per pound weight		10. 10. 00
German steel at 8^d or 10^d or 12^d per pound weight		09. 06. 08

Steel 700^{lw^t} {200} at about 8^d 10^g or 1^s per pound weight according to your goodness & scarcity & 500 at 4 $\frac{1}{2}$	}	20^li. 00. 00
Four pair of cast Rollers at 6^li a pair		24. 00. 00
Two douzen of large scratch brushes		1. 12. 00
One douzen of large Scratches the one half thereof of Wier	}
Twenty four dozen of Iusting Flots (if Rasps for siseing be hereby meant) at 1^li. 16^s per dozen	}	43. 4. 00
Twelve dozen of hard hand brushes at 3^d a piece with one dozen of soft brushes at about 6^d a piece	}	2. 02. 00
Fifty pounds weightt of Mercury at 6^s per pound weight		15. 00. 00
Brass Patterns for making molds for casting the barrs at 1^lib per sett	}
Five hundred pound weightt of Alume at 22^s per cwtw^t & two hundred pound weight of red-winestone at per pound weight	}
One sweep Mill 6^li		6^li
One sizing Mill (if a {justening} Mill be hereby meant
One Pyle of Weights with the divisions of the penny weight from the ounce	}	2. 10. 00
Two dozen of sizeing scales and counterpoises at 10^li per douzen		20. 00. 00
A pair of Gold scales with a stand		7. 10. 00
An hundred bushels of Charcoal at 10^d per bushel		4. 3 4
Bone ashes 30 bushells at about 12^s per bushel		18. 00. 00
Two Assay ballances with standarts & Lanthorns & weights at 5^li a Ballance & 2^li weights	}	14. 00. 00
A Table Vice at 1^s per pound weight		2. 10. 00
Two Copel moulds 10^s five douzen of Muffles about 1^li 5^s		1. 15. 00
A pair of Brass Calms a foot long for casting assay bullets		0. 07 00
Three douzen of hand files 1^l. {15}^s, two douzen of round files 1^li 10^s, ons dozen of half round files 15^s, one dozen of douce files 3^li. 0^s	}	7. 00. 00
Two large books of fine Vellum at 1^s 6 a fine small skin which makes a leafe, & 80 leaves in a book	}	12. 00. 00
Two Grindstones		1. 00. 00
For the Graver two Oylestones 1^li tne files 1^li. 16^s six small scratch brushes 12^s	}	3. 08. 00

An iron mold a foot long for casting assay bullets is worth about 5^s, a brass one may be worth 6 or 8^s.

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Two Pyles of Standard weights & tryal pieces are already reported necessary.

Two sets of great weights one for gold the other fold silver

Two sets of penny weights & grains & two of coyn-weights

One douzen of sizing scales with counterpoizes.

Two pair of cast Rollers for patterns to make others by.

One Assay Ballance with standarts & assay weights.

A pair of brass Calms.

Brass Patterns for casting

A sweep Miln.

A siseing Miln.

The steel, Mercury, Alume & Wynestone are merchantable commodities & may be hand in Scotland as formerly & so may the files, flotts, Brushes, Charcoal, Bone ashes, Table Vices, Copel moulds, Mufflers, Books of Vellum, Grindstones, Oylestones, Sweep-millns brass Calms & Assay Ballances. In these things the new Mint will not differ from the old.