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these a cheif Engraver & a Probationer will it is presumd be Quite Sufficient to Carry on the business if a medaller is appointed, the Salary of the second engraver when advanced to the Rate which the present times demand, will no doubt be more than sufficient for the Establishd Pay of the Medaller, The Charge for medals will then be the whole of the Cost of Changing our Present inelegant Coin into the best State the R. Academy can furnish
Should a medaller be appointed, the office of Cheif Engraver will be Reduced to its proper Level, that is, it will be put upon the footing of a more mechanical art, & it will not in that Case Require the Liberal Salary that must be provided in Case if the business of Designing as well as that of Executing his work is Confided to him, besides, he will add Considerably to his Emolument if he Posesses superior Skill in his art by engraving the Great Seals as well as medals & both on Public & on Private account