also to avoid counterfeiting, which is with more difficulty in

Coins stamped: and because it was hard to observe an exact

proportion of weight, there was a certain remedy of grains,

beyond which, if the pieces of Coin did not fall of their just

weight, they were to be received of Officers appointed, otherwise

they were rejected to be new coyned. There was a remedy of

fineness, for when Allay grew to be mingled in the Coins, the

workmen could not constantly and precisely hit upon the mixture,