DATE: February 1, 1806

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SOURCE: Columbian Centinel

 

UNITED STATES MINT

THE PRESIDENT of the United States lately communicated to Congress a Report of the Director of the Mint, comprehending the operations of that institution; which, under the Federal Administrations, was so long the subject of democratic clamor and abuse. It appears, by the report, that since its establishment in 1793, there have been coined Money to the amount of 4,747,343 dollars; the number of pieces of coin, amounting to 22,594,832 -- of which there were, EAGLES 138,824; HALF-EAGLES 239,489; QUARTER EAGLES 11,315. Dollars 1,483,032; Half-Dollars 787,197, Quarter-Dollars 134,278,Dimes 304,406; Half-Dimes 265,543 -- Cents 16,659,947; Half-Cents 2,570,801. In 1805, there were above 34,000 pieces of gold struck, amounting to 170,367 dollars. -- Above 469,000 pieces of silver, amounting to 149,000 dollars; and about 13,000 dollars worth of copper coins.-- The total value exceeding 332,000 dollars. The gain on the copper coinage the last year amounted to 2,187 dollars. The report adds, that the bank will furnish the Mint an ample supply of Bullion during the current year.

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