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Coin Act 1695
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XI Proviso for Proportions of coined Silver Money to Silver brought into the Mint.
Penalty £20.
And in regard the smaller Pieces of the new Moneys to bee coined as aforesaid will bee most usefull in Commerce Bee it further enacted That from and after the Fourth Day of February One thousand six hundred ninety five the Master and Worker of His Majesties Mint for the time being shall upon every Hundred pound weight Troy of sterling Silver to bee coined as aforesaid pursuant to the Direction of this Act from time to time cause att least Fourty Pounds weight Troy to bee coined into Shillings and Ten Pounds weight Troy to bee coined into Sixpences besides the other Coins which hee is to make out of the same pursuant to the said Indenture of the Mint And that in case the Master and Worker of the Mint shall omitt soe to doe hee shall forfeit for every such Offence Twenty Pounds the one Moiety thereof to bee to His Majestie the other Moiety thereof to the Informer to bee recovered by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information wherein noe Wager of Law Protection Priveledge Imparlance or Essoign shall bee allowed.
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