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were damped with a Face, were re- (lamped with his 
£ffg^^^ Horfcback, and then paid out to thofe who 
''^ brought them in, as Crowns y and the fmaller Coyns 
were mdted down, and re-coyned again under the 
fame Denomina;ions, but with lefs Metal. After the 
turn was ferved by this Stratagem., he had not where- 
** withal to import Copper and Brafs, bur, for want of 
it, fell foul on the Pewter- Diftics, ^^c. And the 
piece I fent you of that Metal was Coyned for five 
Shillings , and the Proclamation to make it pnflable 
was as ready as the Stamps., for it was prepared : But 
King William paffing the Boyne^ prevented their Pro- 
" claiming it. There was very little of it Coyned, /or 
" our Government could meet with none of it 5 until 
one day, rummaging all their Tinkerly Treafure, that 
" they had left behind them in Dublin when they were 
" routedj by accident I rtiet with one Bag of 150 of thofe 
u Pieces. So that the Piece I fent yoUjaltho it's of no Intrin- 
" fick Value, it s a Rarity 3 and had I thought it would 
" have been acceptable, I would have f^nt ycu a Specimen 
" of every fort that he had Coyned and Re-coyned 
"here. lam, 
«S/V, Tour very Humble Servant^ 
Dublin, Novemb, 
'^*"'*"*»^- ThaPutland. 
This Valuable Curiofity has the fame Infcription on 
both fides, as the common Brafs Crowns 5 but there is 
this Legend added upon the Rim of it, ME L 10 R IS 
TESSERA FATI A 1^ NO REGNI SEXTO, 
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