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The present State of the Current Silver coins of the Realm is allowd to be so bad that among the small proportion of mint coins in circulation a Shilling is Seldom worth nine pence & 6 pence often less than three pence. The probable State of the Gold which has been for Some years abandon to the operations of the filers by a total dereliction of the salutary custom of weight are in themselves sufficient to suggest the strong necessity of a recoinage, if to these we add the example we have lately seen in Ireland which but for the good sense of the People of England must have long ago taken Place here to the Evident Propriety of a General System of Coinage being adopted in Consequence of the Union well adopt suited as may be to the Particular circumstances of both Islands render it so probable that more that such a measure will shortly be executed that a few words on the subject are not likely to be thought ill timed. The Stoppage of Payment in Cash at the Bank is also peculiarly favorable to the measure as it gives time for the arrangment Preparation & for those Preparatory experiments which may be deemed necessary to fix the Principles quiet Proper to be adopted.