Draft of <ref target="/catalogue/record/MINT00137">MINT00137</ref> (Mint 19/1/330) Isaac Newton c. 381 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 c. February 1715/6, c. 381 words. Detailed breakdown of Mint income and expenditure for each year 1713-15, with explanatory notes on the reverse [MINT 19/1/330] MINT 19/2/126, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/2/126 c. February 1715/6 England English Holograph MintAccounts and Expenses Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott
126 lwt Vpon the firs 254th of March 1713 there was in yethe Mint uncoyned 82 From the 25t of March 1713 to the25t of March 1714 coyned 14331 From Mar 25 1714 to Mar 25 1715 coyned 29848 Remaining in the Mint Mar 25 1715 to be coyned Total coyned from 25 Mar 1713 to 25 Mar 1715 44179lwt standard Remaining in the Mint 25 Mar 17515 to be coinedwchwhich at 4412 Guineas & an hal to yethe pound weight amoutedamounted to 196596512 Guineas & at 21s 6d to yethe Guinea amounted to 2113412li.18s.23d
Bullion now in in the Mint 25 Mar 1715 to be coind Which at 4412 Guineas per lwtpound weight will make And at 1li 1s 6d. per Guinea will make The Gold moneys of forreign nations wchwhich come into England are melted down into Ingots by the Refiners Goldsmiths before they come to the Mint We know can distinguish these Ingots from the Ingots Barrs wchwhich come from Lisbon, by their shape & by the Goomes of the Portugal Gold; but we do not enter thise distinction in our books After the Ingots of Gold are coyned, we have no other way of knowing by our books what come from Portugal what from Iamaica & what from Spain France Holland & other places then by the Assay, the gold coined out of Moyders being generally standard or a quarter of a grain better then standard, that from out of the new French money being a grain & for the most part a grain & a quarter wors then standard. The silver coyned the last two years ending at Lady day 1715 amounts only to 3899lwt standard. Which at 3li 2s to yethe pound weight makes 12086li. 18s in tale. This silver has been almost all of it got out of English lead by a company, incorporated for smelting of Lead Ore wthwith pit coale & the charges of wood. We know of forreign lwt stand.andard ImportedCoyned from Christmas 171 to Lady day following 2909 From Lady day 1713 to XtmasChristmas following 10228 From XtmasChristmas 1713 to Lady day following 4103 From XtmasChristmas 1713 to XtmasChristmas 1714 29526 From XtmasChristmas 1714 to Lady day following 4425 Coyned in Silver from XtmasLady day 1713 to Lady 1715 3899