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and viij Trusselles, and reservyd the bagg whiche thel wer in 

 unto hymeself for soo moche as y*" was a holle in y® side of the 

 said bagg at the whiche the said Iryns was taken furth."^ 



The old method of coining by the hammer, which was not 

 wholly laid aside until the year 1662, Mr. Ruding observes, 

 ** appears to have been nearly coeval with the first invention of 

 coined money ; and it is a very singular fact, that no improve- 

 ment of any importance was made in it, until the power of the 

 screw was applied to coinage in the French mint about the 

 middle of the 16th century."^ 



I cannot conclude these notices without expressing my obli- 

 gations to Edward Hawkins Esquire, keeper of antiquities in 

 the British Museum, for the information he has most readily 

 communicated to me respecting the York coins in the National 

 collection ; and to the Rev. C. Wellbeloved, curator of antiqui- 

 ties in the Museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, for 

 the friendly interest he has taken in my researches, and the 

 valuable assistance he has afforded me in the prosecution of 

 them. 



ROBERT DAVIES. 

 Ymhy August 19^A, 1854. 



• Extracted from the archives of the Corporatioii. « Annals, Vol. I. p. 67. 



