"I am Inspector of Coin to the Mint???this half-sovereign is bad; it is made of pewter and gilt???these four half-crowns are bad, and from different moulds???this is a packet of ten shillings, all bad, and three of them are from the same mould as those thrown away???these two florins are bad???when bad coins are ready for circulation they are rubbed with lampblack, and put in tissue paper, and as t" . . . .