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B05663
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A proclamation for opening the mint
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Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James VII)
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1687
(1687)
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Wing S1881; ESTC R233626
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I 7R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE A PROCLAMATION For Opening the Mint JAMES by the Grace of GOD King of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Our Lyon King at Arms anâ his Brethren Heraulds Macers of Our Privy Council Pursevants oâ Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as Wâ ãâ¦ã That Our Mint should be Opâned and that a free Coynage should ãâã therein conform to an Act made and past in the last Session of the latâ Parliament of this Our Kingdom Do I herefore with Advice of Our Privy Council Hereby Declare Our Mint-House to be Opened from and after the first Tuesday of May next to come and no sooner And to the End That all Merchants and others may be Certiorated of the Time of the Opening of Our said Mint and of Our having Signed a Warrand for Coynage of the date the fourteenth day of August last by-past for the several Speciesses of the Silver Coyn conform to the foresaid Act of Parliament seing We are Resolved to begin with that Coyn Our Will is and VVe Charge you strictly and Command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and remanent Mercat-Crosses of the Head-Burghs of the Shires of this Kingdom and there by open Proclamation make publication of Our Royal VVill and Pleasure concerning the Opening of Our said Mint from and after the said first Tuesday of Maâ next ensuing that all persons concerned may have notice thereof Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Twentieth day of January 1687 And of Our Reign the second year Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii WILL. PATERSON Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD save the KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno DOM. 1687.