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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2253408, member: 71234&quot;]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_Pyx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_Pyx" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_Pyx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>Trial of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyx" rel="nofollow">Pyx</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pyx#Pronunciation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pyx#Pronunciation" rel="nofollow">Pronunciation</a>) is the procedure in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">United Kingdom</a> for ensuring that newly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_%28coin%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_%28coin%29" rel="nofollow">minted</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_coinage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_coinage" rel="nofollow">coins</a> conform to required standards. Trials have been held from the twelfth century to the present day, normally once per calendar year; the form of the ceremony has been essentially the same since 1282 AD. They are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_%28law%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_%28law%29" rel="nofollow">trials</a> in the full judicial sense, presided over by a judge with an expert jury of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgical_assay" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgical_assay" rel="nofollow">assayers</a>. Trials are now held at the Hall of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Goldsmiths" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Goldsmiths" rel="nofollow">Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths</a>; formerly, they took place at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" rel="nofollow">Palace of Westminster</a>. Given modern production methods, it is unlikely that coins would not conform, but this has been a problem in the past—it was tempting for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Mint" rel="nofollow">Master of the Mint</a> to steal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_metal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_metal" rel="nofollow">precious metals</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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