Detailed breakdown of Mint income and expenditure for each year 1713-15, with explanatory notes on the reverse
An Account of the clear produce of the Coynage Duty for the three several years last past respectively & also of the charge of coyning gold & silver money & the established charge of the Mint in England & Scotland, & incident charges attending the same.
The produce of the Co | ||
From 25th Decemb. 1712 to Do 1713 | 8039. 0. 11 | |
From 25 Decemb. 1713 to Do 1714 | 8720. 19. 0 | |
From 25 Decemb. 1714 to Do 1715 | 11894. 9. 8 | |
The produce of the coinage Duty in Sco | } | 53. 9. 10 |
28707. 19. 5 |
Charges of the Mint from Christmas to Christmas
1713 | 1714 | 1715 | ||||||||
Coynage of Go | 4269. | 10. | 6 | 9595. | 19. | 7 | 12704. | 5. | 0 | |
Coynage of Silver | 170. | 2. | 3 | 114. | 3. | 9 | 119. | 16. | 0 | |
Charges of Assaying Refining | } | 207. | 16. | 11 | 342. | 17. | 0 | 515. | 18. | 7 |
Total charge of Coynage | 4647. | 9. | 10053. | 0. | 4 | 12 | 19. | 7 | ||
Salaries | 301 | 19. | 11 | 2890. | 0. | 0 | 2590. | 0. | 0 | |
Repairs of houses & Offices | 370. | 2. | 6 | 375. | 11 | 10 | 358. | 6. | 0 | |
Receiving the money at ye Excheqr & passing Accts | } | 124. | 17. | 0 | 187. | 17. | 6 | 143. | 18. | 6 |
Pix | 118. | 10. | 5 | 0. | 0. | 0 | 58. | 17. | 8 | |
Stationer & scalemaker | 16. | 2. | 0 | 22. | 10. | 0 | 26. | 6. | 0 | |
Diet | 29. | 12. | 0 | 35. | 2. | 5 | 24. | 16. | 8 | |
Wardens Incidents | 140. | 18. | 3 | 157. | 6. | 0 | 140. | 3. | 5 | |
Charges of Coynage | 4647. | 9. | 7 | 10053. | 0. | 4 | 12 | 19. | 7 | |
Salaries & Repairs | 3385. | 2. | 5 | 3265. | 11. | 10 | 2948. | 6. | 0 | |
Incidents | 429. | 19. | 8 | 402. | 15. | 11 | 394. | 2. | 3 | |
Scotish Mint | 1200 | 1200 | 1200 | |||||||
Prosecuting Cl. & coinrs. about | 250 | 250 | 250. | |||||||
Total | 9912. | 11. | 1517. | 7. | 1 | 18 | 7. | 10 | ||
Excess of the charge above ye Income | } | 1873. | 1 | 6750. | 8. | 0 | 6337. | 18. | 2 |
The established charge of the Mint in {illeg}England for melting & coin{illeg}ing Gold in 6s 6d per Lwt, For coining silver it is 17 1s 6d per Lwt, {illeg} & a {illeg}penny more per Lwt to the moneyers if the Silver be well coined. The established Salaries {illeg} established by the Indenture {illeg}of this Mint amount unto 2590li. {illeg} There is allowed by Act of Parliament for Salaries & repairs of house s & Officers {illeg}& preparatons necessaries for melting, refining & coining not arising in the English Mint any sum not exceeding 3{illeg}500li per an. And for prosecuting Coining any {illeg}summ not exceeding 400li. And to the Mint in Scotland 1200li per an.
Source
MINT 19/1/330, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKCa. February 1715 [= 1716], c. 366 words.