Die Lunæ 6 Septemb. 1647. An ordinance or the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that from henceforth no moneys clipt, filed, or deminished, shall be payable, or received in payment within this kingdom (for John Wright at the Kings Head in the Old Baily, 1647)
No diminished money shall be current, but be treated as bullion. Worn coin is still tender – Cf. Steele. - Order to print signed: Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum. - Reproduction of the original in the British Library. - Steele I, 2728. - Thomason, 669.f.11[75]. - Wing (2nd ed., 1994), E2085