Mint-Mark

The masfers and workers of the mint, in the indentures made with them, agree to make a privy - mark in the money they make, of gold and silver, so that they may know which moneys were of their own making; after every trial of the pix, having proved their moneys to be lawful, they are entitled to their quietus under the Great Seal, and to be thereanent discharged from all suits or actions; they then change the privy mark, so that the moneys from which they are not yet discharged may be distinguished from those for which they are; they use the new mark until another trial of the pix. Wharton.

The masters and workers of the English mint, in the indentures made with them, agree "to make a privy mark in the money they make, of gold and silver, so that they may know which moneys were of their own making." After every trial of the pix, having proved their moneys to be lawful, they are entitled to their quietus under the great seal, and to be discharged from all suits or actions. Wharton. -Mint-master. One who manages the coinage.

Defined under Mint in Black's Law Dictionary.

The masters and workers of the English mint, in the indentures made with them, agree “ta make a privy mark in the money they make, of gold and silver, so that they may know which moneys were of theirown making.” After every trial of the pix, having proved their moneys to be lawful, they are entitled to their qutéefus under the great seal, and to be discharged from all suits or actions. Wharton.