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The Coinage Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 10) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It stated the metric weights of British coins. For example, it defined the weight of the sovereign as 7.98805 grams (about 123.27747 grains).[3] Coinage Act 1971 .[4] Republic of Ireland by section 2 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 .
The Act also vested the titles of Master of the Mint and 'Governor of the Mint of Scotland ', which had ceased minting coins in 1707 , in the Chancellor of the Exchequer .[5]
The Act also gave the British government the authority to establish overseas branches of the Mint in British possessions .[6] [7] [8]
A contemporary history suggests that the Act was influenced by the criticisms of George Frederick Ansell .[9]
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^ The Coinage Act 1870, s 19
^ Lisle, George, Accounting in Theory and Practice , 1906, republished by Read Books 2008 (ISBN 1-4097-7128-8 , ISBN 978-1-4097-7128-9 ), p.277 "British Currency: Gold" (Google Books)
^ The Coinage Act 1971, s 3 & Schedule.
^ The Coinage Act 1870, s 14.
^ The Coinage Act 1870, s 11(8 ).
^ Proclamation by the King under the Coinage Act, 1870 : London Gazette , November 8, 1907, Issue 28076, Pages 7483-7484.
^ Ottawa Mint (Discontinuance) Proclamation, 1931 , London Gazette , November 10, 1931, Issue 33770, Page 7240.
^ Challis, C. E. A new history of the royal mint (1992), quoted in Ansell, George Frederick (1826–1880), chemist and assayer by W. P. Courtney, rev. Robert Brown, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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