And when our mint officialsoriginal: Müntzamptleut; the administrators and officers responsible for the sovereign's minting operations have received certainty that the landownersoriginal: Grundtherrn; the feudal lords who held the rights to the land where the mines were located and mine shareholdersoriginal: Gewercken; the partners or investors who owned shares in a mining company have a quantity of gold and silver already in stock, upon which one or the other might surely be granted an advanceoriginal: fürlehen; a loan provided against the value of the metal already extracted to cover immediate operating costs like wages for the weekly payroll; then such an advance shall be granted to the landowners and mine shareholders without refusal. However, this advance must not amount to more than the value of the gold and silver currently on hand.

The Yield Silver

However, within fourteen days of the closing of the quarterly accounts, the landowners and mine shareholders shall be paid in full and correctly from our mint offices. This payment shall be made in the good, current coinage and currency of this our Kingdom of Bohemiaoriginal: Behem, in ducats and thalersDucats were high-purity gold coins, while Thalers were large silver coins that became the standard for European trade, at the locations where the gold and silver originated, without any expense or cost to the landowners and mine shareholders.

If, however, the payment to the landowners and mine shareholders is delayed beyond the predetermined time and despite their request and admonition, they shall then—and not otherwise or sooner—have the power to sell their gold and silver elsewhere (though not outside the country, as this would be against the state ordinances and previous parliamentary decreesoriginal: Landtsordnung vnd vorige Landtäg; referring to the laws established by the territorial diets or assemblies).