Excerpt from Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1910 San Francisco, two in Denver, and three in Philadelphia. They are very satisfactory and have accomplished an important reduction in the number of employees in the mints. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Director of the Mint to the Secretary of the Treasury: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1880 The unusual imports of foreign gold coin and bullion brought to the New York assay office and mints during the first half of the last fiscal year gold bullion beyond the capacity of the mints for immediate coin age. Fortunately the condition Of the Treasury and slight demand for coin in redemption of government obligations did not require the imme diate conversion of this bullion into coin. It was deemed advisable to increase the work at the Philadelphia Mint to a monthly coinage, besides the coinage of silver and minor coins, of from to of gold. This Mint was able with exist ing facilities and the employment of additional labor to coin during the year of gold, leaving -t the close of gold bullion in that Mint and the New York assay office uncoined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Director of the Mint to the Secretary of the Treasury: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1878 As nearly as can be ascertained, the cost of manufacturing silver coin is, on the average, about four times as great as that of gold when the gold coinage is in denominations less than ten-dollar pieces. Our gold coinage since the suspension of specie payments in 1861 has consisted principally of double eagles, and the relative cost, as stated, of coining the two metals has, therefore, been exceeded. There is practically no difference in the cost of manufacturing a double eagle from that of a silver dollar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Director of the Mint to the Secretary of the Treasury: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1875 Deducting re-deposits - bars made and issued by one institution and deposited at another - the deposits were. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.