WHereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and the Knights , Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled , Having taken into their serious Consideration , the great Mischiefs which this Our Kingdom lies under , by reason that the Coin , which Passes in Payment , is generally Clipped ; And they being of Opinion that the most Effectual way to put a Stop to this Evil , is to Prevent the Currency thereof , as soon as We in Our Wisdom should think fit , Have severally by their humble Addresses besought Us to Issue Our Royal Proclamation in that behalf : And We being deeply Sensible of the great prejudice which Our good Subjects undergo by such Diminution of the Current Coins , and being very desirous to Apply a Speedy and Suitable Remedy thereto Have thought fit to Declare and Command ; And by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council , We do by this Our Royal Proclamation Declare and Command , That from and after the First Day of January next Ensuing , no Clipped Crowns or Half Crowns shal Pass in any Payment , except only to the Collectors and Receivers of Our Revenues and Taxes , or upon Loans or Payments into Our Exchequer ; And that from and after the Third Day of February next Ensuing , no Clipped Crowns or Half Crowns shall Pass in any Payment whatsoever , within Our City of London , or within Forty Miles Distance off the same ; And that from and after the Two and twentieth Day of the said Month of February , no Clipped Crowns or Half-Crowns shall Pass or be Current in any Payment whatsoever , within Our Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , or Town of Berwick upon Tweed . And We do hereby Declare and Command , That from and after the Thirteenth Day of February next , no Piece of Money called Shillings , Clipped within the Ring , shal Pass in any Payment , except only to the Collectors and Receivers of Our Revenues & Taxes , or upon Loans or Payments into Our Exchequer , And that from and after the Second Day of March next , no such Shillings Clipped within the Ring shall Pass in any Payment whatsoever . And We do also hereby Declare and Command , That from and after the Second Day of March next , no other Money whatsoever , Clipped within the Ring , shall Pass in any Payment , except only to the Collectors and Receivers of Our Revenues and Taxes , or upon Loans or Payments into Our Exchequer , And that from and after the Second Day of April next , no such Money Clipped within the Ring , shall Pass in any Payment whatsoever .