Holograph draft of MINT00357 (Mint 19/3/15-16)

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One set of Bell weights for Gold 36lwt 20.0.0
One set of Bell weights for silver 81lwt 4.10.0
Two sets of penny weights & grains & coyn weights 0.{illeg}4.06
One douzen of sizing scales {illeg}wth counter-poizes at 11s a piece {illeg}6.1{illeg}2.0
One pair of cast Rollers
One set of brass patterns for casting the &

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


In obedience to yor Lops Order of ye 3d Instant we have considered the Inventory therewith sending of Tools & other necessarys proposed to be provided in London for the use of her Majties Mint in Scotland, & are humbly of Opinion that besides the {illeg} two Pyles of Standard weights, & two trial pieces for crown gold & two trial pieces for standard silver mentioned in or last report, it may be convenient to send to them from her Maties Mint in the Tower the following Tools things wch we have here set down in the following list weight their prizes as follows

Two sets of great bell weights oneone for gold, the other& two one for silver.

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

One d{illeg}ouzen of sizing scales with counterpoizes

Two Or pair of cast Roller for a patter{illeg}n to make others by

PTwo sets of brass patterns for casting:


The blisterd steel, Brushes {illeg}the German steel, the Mercury, Alume, winestone, Charcoal, Bone ashes, Coppel moulds, Mufflers, Essay ballances, Brass Calms, Books of Vellum, Fla Iusting Flots, 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. However we have set down their prizes in the following schedule & are copy of the schedule sento us by yor Lops Order ready (if desired) to assist them in procuring what they want from London they paying for the same.

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 Seteel at 4d12 pr lwt 10. 10. 00
German steel at 8d or 10d or 12d pr lwt 0{illeg}9. 006. 008

Steel 700lwt {illeg}200 at about 8d 10g or 1s pr lwt according to yr goodness & scarcity & 500 at 412 } {illeg}20li. 00. 00
Four pair of cast Rollers at 6li 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 {illeg}Rasps for siseing be hereby meant) at 1li. 16s pr dozen } 43. 4. 00
Twelve dozen of Iusting hard hand brushes at 3d a piece with one dozen of soft brushes at about about 6d a piece } {illeg}2. {illeg}0{illeg}2. 00
Fifty pounds wtt of Mercury at 6s pr lwt 15. 00. 00
Brass Patterns for the making molds for casting ye barrs at 1lib pr sett }
Five hundred {illeg}lwtt of Alume at 22s pr lwttCwt & two hundred lwt of red-winestone at pr lwt }
One sweep Mill 6li 6li
One sizing Mill (if a Cutterjustening Mill be hereby meat {sic}
One Pyle of Weights wth the divisions of the penny wt from ye ounce } 2. 10. 00
Two dozen of sizeing scales and counterpoises at 10li pr douzen 20. 00. 00
A pair of Gold scales wth an stand 7. 10. 00
An hundred bushels of Charcoal at 10d pr bushel 3. 06. 084. 3 4
Bone ashes 30 bushells at about 12s pr bushel 18. 00. 00
Two Assay ballances wth standarts & Lanthorns & weights at 5li a Ballance & 2li weights } 14. 00. 00
A Table Vice at 1s pr Two lwt {illeg}2. 010. 00
Two Copel moulds 10s five douzen of Muffles about 1li 5s 1. 15. 00
A pair of Brass Calms a foot long for casting assay blullets 0. 0{illeg}7 00
Three douzen of hand files 1l. 195s, two douzen of round files 71li 10s, ons dozen of half round files 15s, one dozen of douce files {illeg}3li. 1{illeg}0s } 47. {illeg}00. 00
Two large books of fine Ve{illeg}llum at 1s 6 a fine small skin wch makes a leafe, & 80 leaves in a book } 12. 00. 00
Two Grindstones 1. 00. 00
For the Graver two Oylestones 1li tne files 1li. 1016s six small scratch brushes 12s } 3. 028. 00

An iron mold a foot long foot for casting assay bullets is worth about 5s, a brass one may be worth 6 or 8s.
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Two Pyles of Standard weights & tryal pieces are already reported necessary.

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

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

Two One douzen of sizing weightsscales with counterpoizes.

Four Two pair of cast Rollers for {illeg}patterns to make others by.

Two One Essay {sic} Ballances {sic} with standarts & essay {sic} 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 & Essay {sic} Ballances. In these things the new Mint will not differ from ye old.