3。Thepiecesnotbeingsoround，even，andfairlyStamp’d，norMark’dontheEdges，areexpos’dtoClipping，whichmill’dMoneyisnot。
Mill’dMoneyisthereforecertainlybestforthePublique。
ButwhateverbethecauseofmeltingdownourMill’d-money，IdonotseehowraisingourMoney（astheycallit）willatallhinderitsbeingmelteddown。ForifourCrown-piecesshouldbeCoin’dOnetwentieth，lighter。Whyshouldthathinderthemfrombeingmelteddownmorethannow？TheintrinsiquevalueoftheSilverisnotalter’d，aswehaveshewnalready：Thereforethattemptationtomeltthemdownremainsthesameasbefore。
ButtheyarelighterbyOnetwentieth。Thatcannothinderthemfrombeingmelteddown。ForHalfCrownsarelighterbyhalf，andyetthatpreservesthemnot。
Buttheyareoflessweight，wnderthesamedenomination，andthereforetheywillnotbemelteddown。Thatistrue，ifanyofthesepresentCrownsthatareOnetwentiethheavier，arecurrentforCrownsatthesametime。ForthentheywillnomoremeltdownthenewlightCrowns，thantheywilltheoldClip’dones，whicharemoreworthinCoin，andTale，thaninWeightandBullion。Butitcannotbesuppos’dthatMenwillpartwiththeiroldandheavierMoney，atthesameRatethatthelighternewCoingoesat;andpavawaytheiroldCrownsfor5s。inTale，whenattheMinttheywillyieldthem5s。3d。AndthenifanoldMill’dCrowngoesfor5s。3d。andanewMill’dCrown（beingsomuchlighter）goforaCrown，WhatIpraywillbetheoddsofmeltingdowntheoneortheother？TheonehasOnetwentiethlessSilverinit，andgoesforOnetwentiethless;andsobeingweight，theyaremelteddownuponequalterms。Ifitbeaconveniencetomeltone，itwill，beasmuchaconveniencetomelttheother：Justasitisthesameconvenience，tomeltMill’dHalfCrownsasMill’dCrowns;theonehavingwithhalfthequantityofSilver，halfthevalue。WhentheMoneyisallbroughttothenewrate，i。e。tobeOnetwentiethlighter，andCommoditiesraisedastheywillbeproportionably，WhatshallhinderthemeltingdownofyourMoneythen，morethannow，Iwouldfainknow？IfitbeCoin’dthenasitisnowGratis，aCrown-piece，（letitbeofwhatweightsoever）willbeasitisnow，justworthitsownweightinBullion，ofthesamefineness。FortheCoinage，whichisthemanufacturyaboutit，andmakesallthedifference，costingnothing，whatcanmakethedifferenceofvalue？Andtherefore，whoeverwantsBullion，willascheaplymeltdownthesenewCrowns，asbuyBullionwiththem。TheraisingofyourMoneycannotthen（theActforfreeCoinagestanding）hinderitsbeingmelteddown。