Trial of the Pix
Hussulo
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"No coin whatever is issued from the Mint until a portion of it has been assayed by the Queen's assayer. When that process has been gone through, one coin of each denomination is placed in a pix, or casket, sealed with three seals, and secured with three locks, the keys being separately kept by the Master of the Mint, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Queen's assayer; the pieces of coin so secured are given to a jury to assay and compare with the trial plates which are kept in the ancient treasury in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, the keys of which and of the pix in which the trial plates are deposited are in the custody of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Lords of the Treasury. The process of comparison is called the trial of the pix."
Peter Cunningham, Hand-Book of London, 1850
I recently purchased a manuscript referring to the trial of the pix dated 9th of March 1836.
It reads:
When folded up on the front first picture:
Order in Council for
the Tryal of the Pix of the
mint dated the 9th of March
1836 ~
Front page
At the Court at St. James's
the 9th of March 1836
Present
The Kings most Excellent Majesty
in council
It is this day ordered by His Majesty
in council. that the Lords of His Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy council do
meet at His Majesty's exchequer at
Westminster on Thursday the 24th of
this instant March at ten o'clock in
the forenoon for the Trial of His Majesty's
Coins in the Pix of the mint; and the
Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor
of Great Britain and Ireland is to
require the wardens and company of
goldsmiths to give attendance on their
Lordships at the place aforesaid; and
the
Second page
The Right Honourable the Lords
Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury
are to direct the Warden Master Worker
and Commissioners of His Majesty's Mint
with the officers therein concerned to be
present.
I cannot decipher the signature
Peter Cunningham, Hand-Book of London, 1850
I recently purchased a manuscript referring to the trial of the pix dated 9th of March 1836.
It reads:
When folded up on the front first picture:
Order in Council for
the Tryal of the Pix of the
mint dated the 9th of March
1836 ~
Front page
At the Court at St. James's
the 9th of March 1836
Present
The Kings most Excellent Majesty
in council
It is this day ordered by His Majesty
in council. that the Lords of His Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy council do
meet at His Majesty's exchequer at
Westminster on Thursday the 24th of
this instant March at ten o'clock in
the forenoon for the Trial of His Majesty's
Coins in the Pix of the mint; and the
Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor
of Great Britain and Ireland is to
require the wardens and company of
goldsmiths to give attendance on their
Lordships at the place aforesaid; and
the
Second page
The Right Honourable the Lords
Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury
are to direct the Warden Master Worker
and Commissioners of His Majesty's Mint
with the officers therein concerned to be
present.
I cannot decipher the signature
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Gary
Thanx for sharing Huss!
Jim
Great, thanks for sharing - very interesting, u manage to dig out super items from somewere
j
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