The Coin Book (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...be so amended as to extend the limit for the annual salary of clerks in the mint of the United States to eighteen hundred dollars each, from and after the first of July, 1854, at the discretion of the officers authorized by law to appoint, with the approbation of the president of the United States, including also one clerk in the office of the assistant treasurer at Philadelphia; and the salary of the chief clerk of the branch mint at New Orleans, shall be twenty-two hundred dollars from and after the first of July, 1854.--4 August, 1854. Director's Annual Report. 16. The director of the mint shall make his annual report to the secretary of the treasury, up to the thirtieth of June in each year, so that the same may appear in his annual report to congress on the finances.--21 Feb. 1857. II. ASSAY AND COINAGE OF BULLION. 17. It shall be lawful for the director of the mint to receive, and cause to be assayed, bullion not intended for coinage, and to cause certificates to be given of the fineness thereof by such officer as he shall designate for that purpose, at such rates of charge to be paid by the owner of said bullion, and under such regulations as the said director may from time to time establish.--19 May, 1828. (See JSTo. 44.) Bullion to be Received for Coinage. 18. Gold and silver bullion brought to the mint for coinage, shall be received and coined by the proper officers, for the benefit of the depositor (see 41): Provided, That it shall be lawful to refuse at the mint, any deposit of less value than one hundred dollars, and any bullion so base as to be unsuitable for the operations of the mint: And provided also, That when gold and silver are combined, if either of these metals be in such small proportion that it cannot be separated advantageously, no...