5. To have the number of grains of the fine metal in every piece marked upon the exergue, or upon the legend of the coin, in place of some initial letters of titles, which not one person in a thousand can decypher; and to make the coin of as compact a form as possible, diminishing the surface of it as much as is consistent with beauty.
6. Liberty to stipulate payment in gold or silver.
6. That it shall be lawful for all contracting parties to stipulate their payments either in gold or silver coin, or to leave the option of the species to one of the parties.
7. Creditors may demand payment half in gold and half in silver.
7. That where no particular stipulation is made, creditors shall have power to demand payment, half in one species, half in the other; and when the sum cannot fall equally into gold and silver coins, the fractions to be paid in silver.
8. Regulations as to sale.
8. That in buying and selling, when no particular species has been stipulated, and when no act in writing has intervened, the option of the species shall be competent to the buyer.
9. Ditto, as to payments to and from banks, &c.
9. That all sums paid or received by the King’s receivers, or by bankers, shall be delivered by weight, if demanded.
10. All coin to be of full weight when paid away.