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liable to Rejection; yet, as it would be both troublesome and Expensive to the persons bringing it, to take it back, it is proposed that if the 5 lbs should contain 276 pieces, that the Bag should be estimated at the rate of 275 pieces per 5 lbs, and that the person bringing it, should have the Option of paying 1 Shilling for its being received, and that if the 5 lb should contain 277, the Bag shall be estimated at the same rate of 275 pieces per 5 lb, and the person bringing it, should have the option of paying 2 Shillings for it's being received; but that in no case, any Copper should be received, of which 5 lb weight shall be in Tale, more than 277 pieces; but if in any Instance should occur, in which a less number than 275 pieces shall be found to weigh 5 lb, the Contents of the Bag shall in such case, be counted, and the value of the Tokens, be paid by Tale.
After the Bag shall have been thus examined and accepted by the Moneyers, the Tokens shall be weighed in the great Scale, by the weigher and Teller, in the presence of the