A proclamation concerning the coyn
         Proclamations. 1681-03-05.
         Scotland. Privy Council.
      
       
         
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             A proclamation concerning the coyn
             Proclamations. 1681-03-05.
             Scotland. Privy Council.
             Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
          
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             printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson [prin]ter to His most sacred Majesty,
             Edinburgh :
             anno Dom [1681]
          
           
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             "Given under our signet at Edinburgh, the fifth day of March, one thousand six hundred eighty and one, and of our raign, the thretty [sic] three year."
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           A
           PROCLAMATION
           Concerning
           the
           Coyn.
           
        
         
           
             
               CHARLES
            
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             GOD
             ,
             King
             of
             
               Great-Britain
               ,
               France
            
             and
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
          
           
             To
             
               _____
            
             Our
             Lyon
             King
             at
             Arms
             ,
             and
             his
             Brethren
             Heraulds
             ,
             Macers
             ,
             Pursevants
             ,
             or
             Messengers
             at
             Arms
             ,
             Our
             Sheriffs
             in
             that
             part
             ,
             conjunctly
             and
             severally
             ,
             specially
             constitute
             ,
             Greeting
             :
          
        
         
           Forasmuch
           as
           by
           Our
           Royal
           Prerogative
           ,
           We
           have
           power
           to
           establish
           ,
           or
           alter
           the
           matter
           of
           Coyn
           ,
           either
           Native
           or
           Forraign
           within
           Our
           Dominions
           ,
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           as
           We
           shall
           find
           fit
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Our
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           Our
           Royal
           Ancestors
           having
           been
           in
           constant
           use
           to
           raise
           and
           exalt
           the
           extrinsick
           value
           of
           the
           Coyn
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           Neighbouring
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           have
           done
           their
           Standarts
           ;
           and
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           to
           bear
           such
           a
           proportion
           with
           Our
           Neighbours
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           Coyn
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           might
           not
           be
           exported
           :
           And
           whereas
           the
           value
           of
           the
           ounce
           of
           Coyned
           Silver
           hath
           been
           raised
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           as
           particularly
           in
           the
           year
           1591.
           the
           value
           of
           the
           ounce
           of
           Coyned
           Silver
           was
           appointed
           to
           be
           fourty
           two
           shilling
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           being
           of
           eleven
           Denier
           fine
           ,
           which
           continued
           from
           that
           year
           to
           the
           year
           1691
           ,
           and
           was
           then
           raised
           to
           three
           Pounds
           ten
           Pennies
           ,
           and
           two
           sixth
           parts
           ,
           and
           which
           has
           continued
           ever
           since
           at
           that
           value
           :
           albeit
           in
           the
           Neighbouring
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           ,
           the
           ounce
           of
           Coyned
           Silver
           is
           valued
           considerably
           above
           the
           same
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           one
           great
           occasion
           of
           the
           exporting
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Stock
           of
           Our
           own
           Coyn
           ,
           and
           whereof
           Merchandise
           has
           been
           ,
           and
           is
           still
           made
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           species
           melted
           down
           by
           forraign
           Mints
           and
           Goldsmiths
           ,
           and
           imported
           again
           in
           forraign
           species
           ,
           much
           below
           Our
           own
           Coyn
           ,
           both
           in
           weight
           and
           fineness
           ,
           whereby
           Our
           Authority
           has
           been
           contemned
           ,
           Our
           People
           cheated
           and
           abused
           ,
           and
           the
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           highly
           prejudged
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           same
           be
           not
           timously
           remeided
           ,
           the
           remnant
           of
           the
           Stock
           of
           Our
           own
           Coyn
           will
           in
           a
           short
           time
           be
           carryed
           out
           ,
           and
           nothing
           left
           but
           forraign
           species
           of
           baser
           Monies
           .
           And
           some
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           of
           the
           Merchants
           of
           this
           Our
           Kingdom
           ,
           having
           made
           their
           application
           to
           Our
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           and
           proposed
           as
           a
           fit
           expedient
           ,
           that
           Our
           four
           Merk
           peices
           might
           be
           appointed
           to
           be
           current
           proportionally
           to
           the
           intrinsick
           value
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           of
           the
           forraign
           Current
           Coyn
           ;
           who
           having
           had
           the
           same
           ūnder
           serious
           consideration
           ,
           and
           having
           received
           from
           the
           Officers
           of
           Our
           Mint
           ,
           an
           exact
           account
           of
           the
           intrinsick
           value
           thereof
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           other
           forraign
           species
           of
           Coyn
           ,
           tollerated
           to
           be
           current
           ;
           and
           finding
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           rate
           of
           the
           ounce
           of
           Silver
           now
           Current
           in
           other
           Countreys
           ,
           it
           is
           fit
           that
           Our
           Coyn
           be
           in
           some
           proportion
           with
           theirs
           in
           the
           extrinsick
           value
           .
           We
           therefore
           ,
           with
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           Our
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           do
           ordain
           and
           appoint
           ,
           that
           in
           time
           coming
           ,
           the
           ounce
           of
           Our
           own
           Moneys
           shall
           be
           in
           value
           ,
           three
           Pounds
           four
           Shillings
           
             Scots
          
           Money
           :
           and
           to
           that
           effect
           ,
           do
           ordain
           ,
           that
           the
           four
           Merk
           pieces
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           current
           at
           fifty
           three
           shillings
           four
           pennies
           ,
           shall
           hereafter
           be
           current
           at
           fifty
           six
           shillings
           ,
           and
           the
           inferiour
           species
           of
           that
           Coyn
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           two
           Merk
           ,
           Merk
           ,
           Half
           merk
           ,
           and
           Fourty-penny-piece
           proportionably
           .
           And
           whereas
           it
           is
           most
           just
           ,
           that
           now
           seing
           we
           have
           advanced
           the
           value
           of
           Our
           Coyn
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           the
           Merchants
           ought
           to
           have
           enccuragement
           to
           bring
           in
           their
           Bulzeon
           with
           greater
           chearfulness
           ,
           We
           do
           ordain
           ,
           that
           whereas
           they
           did
           receive
           for
           each
           ounce
           of
           Silver
           ,
           payed
           in
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           Bulzeon
           of
           eleven
           denier
           fine
           ,
           fifty
           five
           Shillings
           nine
           Pennies
           
             Scots
             ;
          
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Mint
           is
           now
           to
           pay
           out
           to
           them
           ,
           for
           every
           ounce
           of
           eleven
           denier
           fine
           ,
           given
           in
           by
           them
           as
           Bulzeon
           ,
           fifty
           eight
           Shillings
           
             Scots
             .
          
           And
           ordains
           all
           forraign
           species
           of
           Coyn
           to
           be
           current
           as
           formerly
           ;
           And
           that
           these
           Presents
           be
           Printed
           ,
           and
           Published
           at
           the
           Mercat
           Cross
           of
           
             Edinburgh
             ,
          
           and
           other
           places
           needful
           ,
           that
           none
           pretend
           ignorance
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             under
             Our
             Signet
             at
             
               Edinburgh
               ,
            
             
               the
               fifth
               day
               of
               
                 March
                 ,
              
               One
               thousand
               six
               hundred
               eighty
               and
               one
               ,
               And
               of
               Our
               Raign
               ,
               the
               thretty
               three
               Year
               .
            
          
           
             Per
             actum
             Dominorum
             Secreti
             Concilij
             .
             
               WIL.
               PATERSON
               .
            
             Cl.
             Sti.
             Concilij
             .
          
        
         
           GOD
           save
           the
           KING
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             Edinburgh
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           the
           Heir
           of
           
             Andrew
             Ander●●●
          
           〈…〉
           ter
           to
           His
           most
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           
             Anne
             DOM
          
           16●●