Draft relating to MINT00571 (Mint 19/2/262)
Coyned | anno | In Gold | In Silver | ||||
li. | s | d | li. | s | d | ||
1699 | 141376. | 10. | 0 | 6 | 16. | 0 | These years are from Christmas, to Christmas, & the Guineas are recconed only at 20s a piece. |
1700 | 120212. | 00. | 4 | 14898. | 02. | 4 | |
1701 | 1190019. | 00. | 0 | 116178. | 14. | 0 | |
1702 | 162069. | 00. | 0 | 00354. | 19. | 0 | |
1703 | 001520. | 08. | 02225. | 16. | 0 | ||
1704 | 000000. | 00. | 0 | 12421. | 14. | 0 | |
1698 | 471566. | 0 | 326628. | 08. | 0 | ||
1 | 120446. | 0 | 2192196. | 00. | 0 | ||
1696 | 138617. | 10. | 0 | 2511853. | 03. | 6 |
NB. These years are from Christmas to Christmass. And tThe {illeg}esilver coyned in the years 1696, 1697 & part of 16981698 & 1699 & 1700 1700 was out of the old English h{illeg}ammered moneys & in the {illeg} {illeg}& wrought Plate. And tThe gold coyned in 1701 & part of 1702 was out of Lewidors which by our valuing them at 17s 6d a piece came into England in great plenty untill by the Kings Proclamation they were made lowered to 17 a piece & then they came to the Mint. The Peace {illeg}brought in a competent quantity of forreign silver moneys in the years 1700 & 1701. The coyn In the year 1697 the coynage of gold was put off {illeg}age of Goldtill the & {illeg} till the silver hammered moneys should b e recoyneed, & thereby the coynage of gold became the greater in the year 16
† The ☽ coyned in the years 1696 1697 & 1698 was out {illeg}out of the English hammered moneys & wrt plate. That coyned in the years 1699, 1700, 1701 was {illeg}chiefly out of hammered m. wch came slowly out of the county after the heat of the recoinage was at an end. That {illeg}coyned in the year 1701 was chiefly out of forreign moneys & bullion brought in by the peace. And the Gold coyned in 1701 & part of 16702 was out of Lewidors wch by our valuing th{illeg}em at 17s 6d a piece came into England in great plenty {illeg}in the preceding years untill by the Kings Proclamation they were lowered to 17s a piece, upon wch they came to the Mint.
Source
MINT 19/2/266, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKApril 1715, c. 325 words.