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The Trial of the Pyx Order 1998
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Trial of gold coins
7. The jury shall take out from each packet of gold coins of each type as many coins as they think necessary for the purposes of the trial of the gold coins, and—
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shall weigh in bulk the coins taken out so as to ascertain whether they are on the whole within the permitted variation from the standard weight;
(b)after weighing the coins, shall group them by type and melt all the coins weighed into separate ingots for each type of gold coin and assay each ingot, comparing it with the standard trial plate of gold, so as to ascertain whether the metal of each ingot is on the whole within the permitted variation from the standard fineness;
(c)shall weigh in bulk the residue of the coins remaining in the packets of gold coins so as to ascertain whether they are on the whole within the permitted variation from the standard weight; and
(d)after weighing the residue of the coins, shall take out of the residue as many coins as they think fit and weigh and assay them separately.
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