Warrant, 31 December 1695, Edinburgh

At Edinburgh tuesday the tenth day of December J^aj vj^c nynty and fyve years

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Order

Ordor for coyneing 60 stone of Bullione in 40ss peices etc

The Lords of his Majesties privy Councill² having considered a verball report made to them by the Comittie appoynted for visiteing what Bullion or uncoyned money is lyeing in the mint House whereby the Comittie did represent That there are ane Hundred and four scoire stone lyeing there of which three stone is milled for fourty shilling peices but not yet past his majesties irons and that the other ane Hundred and tuenty stone is still in Bullione The said Lords doe Hereby allow and ordaine the master of his majesties mint To pass under his majesties Irons the said threescoir stone of fourtie shilling peices and ordains Him to coyne the remaneing hundred and tuenty stone in tuenty shilling ten shilling and fyve shilling peices by equall portiones being a thrid part to each of the said three species and authorizes and allows him to give out the said money when so coyned, to the persones ingivers of the bullione These persons first paying to the said master the sum of tuenty pound scots for the Coynadge of each stone of the Silver so coyned And ordain’s the master to give bond to the said persons for repayment of the said tuenty pounds per stone whensoever the same shall be allowed and repayed to him by the Lords Commissioners of his majesties Thesaurie out of the bullion due by the act of parliament J^aj vj^c eighty and sex years anent a free Coynadge and that whether the bonds given in by the Master to the foresaid persones at the ingiveing of their Bullione for giving out the money for the said Bullione be preceeding November Last or since syne, And ordain’s the said fyve shilling peices to pass and be Currant at the rate of fyve shilling and sex pennie scots albeit the same be not contained in the proclamatione of Councill for raising the raite of money of the tuelth of August Last