The Trial of the Pyx is an examination by a jury of the specification of coins made by the Royal Mint. The earliest recorded date for the trial is 1248 but, certainly, the checking of the fineness of silver and gold currency has been going on since ancient times. The 2016 Trial was presided over by the Queen’s Remembrancer and carried out under a Direction issued by the Treasury. The jury consists of Liverymen of the Goldsmiths’ Company. After a series of tests the jury returned a verdict of compliance on 29 April.
Being a Court, photography was forbidden, but this was followed by a fine Luncheon in the Hall, decorated by some of the Goldsmith’s Plate: the mirrored plateau (above) and the Buffet Plate. We were welcomed by the Prime Warden, and The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon George Osborne MP responded. Thanks to the Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths’ for being able to witness such an historic event.
The Trial of the Pyx is an examination by a jury of the specification of coins made by the Royal Mint. The earliest recorded date for the trial is 1248 but, certainly, the checking of the fineness of silver and gold currency has been going on since ancient times. The 2016 Trial was presided over by the Queen’s Remembrancer and carried out under a Direction issued by the Treasury. The jury consists of Liverymen of the Goldsmiths’ Company. After a series of tests the jury returned a verdict of compliance on 29 April.
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