COINS OF THE UNITED STATES, AUTHORITY FOR COINING, AND CHANGES IN WEIGHT AND FINENESS. From the Report of the Director of the Mint, 1877. GOLD COINS. Double-eagle = $20. Authorized to be coined, Act of March 3, 1849. Weight, 516 grains; fineness, 900. Total amount coined to June 30, 1877, $814,598,440. Eagle = $10. Authorized to be coined, Act of April 2, 1792. Weight, 270 grains; fineness, 9163. Weight changed, Act of June 28, 1834, to 258 grains. Fineness changed, Act of June 28, 1834, to 899.225. Fineness changed, Act of January 18, 1837, to 900. Total amount coined to June 30, 1877, $56,707,220. = Half-eagle $5. One-dollar. Authorized to be coined, Act of March 3, 1849. Weight, 25.8 grains; fineness, 900. Total amount coined to June 30, 1877, $19,345,438. SILVER COINS. Silver Dollar. Authorized to be coined, Act of April 2, 1792. Weight, 416 grains; fineness, 892.4. Weight changed, Act of January 18, 1837, to 412 grains. Fineness changed, Act of January 18, 1837, to 900. Coinage discontinued, Act of February 12, 1873. Total amount coined, $8,045,838. Trade-dollar. Authorized to be coined, Act of February 12, 1873. Authorized to be coined, Act of April 2, Weight, 420 grains; fineness, 900. 1792. Weight, 135 grains; fineness, 9163. Weight changed, Act of June 28, 1834, to 129 grains. Fineness changed, Act of June 28, 1834, to 899.225. Fineness changed, Act of January 18, 1837, to 900. Total amount coined to June 30, 1877, $69,412,815. Quarter-eagle = $2.50. Total amount coined to June 30, 1877, $24,581,350. Weight, 208 grains; fineness, 892.4. Weight changed, Act of January 18, 1887, to 2061 grains. Fineness changed, Act of January 18, 1837, to 900. Weight changed, Act of February 21, 1853, to 192 grains. Authorized to be coined, Act of April 2, Weight changed, Act of February 12, COINS OF THE UNITED STATES, AUTHORITY FOR COINING, AND CHANGES IN WEIGHT AND FINENESS-(Continued). Authorized to be coined, Act of April 2, Authorized to be coined, Act of April 22, 1792. 1864. Coinage authorized, Act of April 22, 1864. Weight, 48 grains, composed of 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent tin and zinc. Total amount coined to June 30, 1877, $1,733,980. Half-cent (copper). Authorized to be coined, Act of April 2, 1792. Weight, 132 grains. Weight changed, Act of January 14, 1793, to 104 grains. Weight changed by proclamation of the President, January 26, 1796, in conformity with Act of March 3, 1795, to 84 grains. Coinage discontinued, Act of February 21, 1857. Total amount coined, $39,926.10 The World's Annual Production of GOLD and SILVER since 1852. From the Journal des Economistes. Estimate of the World's Product of GOLD, from 1849 to 1876, inclusive, and of Gold and Silver Combined. 53,500,000 5,000,000 13,500,000 2,500,000 124,500,000 165,200,000 44,000,000 1859 50,000,000 54,000,000 4,500,000 13,500,000 2,500,000 124,500,000 165,200,000 52,500,000 4,500,000 13,500,000 2,500,000 119,000,000 160,500,000 49,000,000 4,500,000 15,000,000 2,500,000 114,000,000 156,000,000 46,500,000 4,500,000 15,000,000 2,500,000 107,500,000 151,000,000 44,500,000 4,500,000 15,500,000 2,500,000 107,000,000 154,500,000 113,000,000 163,500,000 4,000,000 16,500,000 2,500,000 120,000,000 171,500,000 121,000,000 171,500,000 116,000,000 169,500,000 120,000,000 170,000,000 121,000,000 168,500,000 167,500,000 108,898,000 98,603,045 164,601,045 99,245,147 168,789,057 1876 44,328,501 28,000,000 4,000,000 22,500,000 2,500,000 101,328,501 178,335,173 1,356,490,745 1,207,000,000 118,500,000 463,000,000 70,000,000 3,214,990,745 4,582,304,927 Table showing the estimated Production of SILVER in the Western World (America, Europe, and Africa), annually, since the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century. From the Report of the U. S. Monetary Commission, 1977. THE figures for the years 1800 to 1829 inclusive are constructed on the following basis: The amounts coined at all the legal mints of Mexico, brought to the royal mint of Potosi, and raised in and exported from Coquimbo, are put together, and to the quotient ten million dollars are added each year for the conjectured production of all other countries in Europe and America. This conjecture is warranted by Sir Hector Hay, and employed in his tables of production. The figures for the years 1830 to 1851 inclusive are from various compilations, indicated in the foot-notes. When not otherwise indicated, they are from Danson's compilation, London Statistical Journal, xiv. 23. The figures for the years 1852 to 1874 inclusive are from Sir Hector Hay. The figures for 1875 and 1876 are compiled by the present writer, and for 1877 estimated. ESTIMATE OF THE WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER, BY EPOCHS, SINCE 1848. From a Report by Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, in Senate Document No. 64, First Session, 44th Congress, May, 1876. Estimated Aggregate Production of the Precious Metals during the Twenty-seven Years from 1849 to 1875, inclusive. *Seventeen years, 1859 to 1875. The silver mines of the United States were first discovered in 1859, Annual Average Production of the Precious Metals in the World, also in the United States of America, since 1848, the Year of the Discovery of the Gold-fields of California. |