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The actual Employment not Small, all Bullion imported into the mint is instantly Placed under the charge of the master, who is Personaly Responsible to the importer for Every farthing of its value during the whole time it is Passing through the various Processes of Coinage; the moneyers were during the time of the Recoinage, only 6 in number, & they had it is presumed frequently more than £600,000 in Gold Bullion under their Care intrusted to them without Receipt & Laying in their hands for 3 weeks at a time, during any Part of which the whole Six might have Shipd themselves with £10,000 Each at Tower Wharf.
besides this heavy Load of Responsibility to the Subject, assigned to the master, & which Some Person must bear, he is answerable to the King for the purity of the money & should it on the Trial of the Pyx be found Feeble beyond the allowance for Remedy he would not only forfeit the sums for which he gives security on his admission to his