Records of the Treasury of the ReceiptE 29?1353-?1547Exchequer: Treasury of the Receipt: Dies for Coins
This series contains 192 dies used in the production of silver coins in the medieval and early modern period which came to the Public Record Office from the Exchequer Treasury of Receipt.
The bulk of these dies were issued from the Exchequer for use in various royal and episcopal mints in England, and were defaced and returned there when withdrawn from use. Of the English dies, 144 can be identified fully and 8 with less certainty; a further 39 can be identified only by denomination and type of die. The identifiable dies were used by the royal mints of York, London and Canterbury and the ecclesiastical mints of York and Durham. A further eight dies were used in one of the two ecclesiastical mints, but cannot be more closely identified.
The final piece in the series is a leather pouch containing 121 whole or fragmentary counterfeit coins, all copies of the groat of 1500-1502.