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to decide on the management of Every proposd Coinage Either of money or of Tokens. The Late master found that the duties of his office Consumed a considerable Portion of his Time & Calld for the Exercise of his judgment not very unfrequently. Future masters it is presumed will not find it a Less burthensome occupation office at Least untill the whole Shall have been Revisd & newly arranged
it may be some Consolation to the master to Recollect that altho during the 5 Reigns previous to the Present the standard of money was never Perfect, it has not during the Present Reign once varied a Single grain from its Perfect Standard, altho 40 grains of Remedy are allowd in Each Pound weight, The imperfections of the former Reigns tho they never Reachd the whole of the Remedy amounted in the Reign of James the 2nd to ¾ of it, by this, which no doubt was intentional, some Persons must have gaind upwards of £50,000
2. Die Sinker or Engraver
The business of a Die Sinker is a process merely mechanical. Like the art of