The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-10-16


Is worth by weight its face in any country
in the world. Zanzibar has no mint but
uses American coin and the coins Of Eng.
land, France, and Germany. II need not
be feared, however, that she will get a
corner on gold in any of those countries.
The following countries coin their own
money The United States, France,
Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland,
Prussia, Greece, Germany, Spain, Russia,
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Mexico, ia
pan, Turkey, Algiers, Bogota, Morocco,
Siam, and most Of the South American
nations. The "Piue Tree" was the first
money coined in the United States. This
was in 1852, in Massachusetts,, and the
highest denomination was twelyepence.
This coinage was made in mint 16 feet
square and 10 feet ceiling, which continued
81 years, when it was suppressed by the
Home Government Shillings, sixpeuees
and fourpences were coined in Maryland
in 1889 go. A copper coinage was exc
euted for circulation in Virginia in the
time Of George ILL.,, and during the period
Of the Confedcracy, from 1878 to 1887,
the right TO coin money was vested not
only in the Federal Congress, but in the
different States, many of which accepted
the privilege. Vermont, Connecticut, New
Jersey and Massachusetts, granted fran
chises for the coinage Of money, and other
States either issued it on their own account
or on contract, most of these issues being
confined TO copper coins, while at the same
time considerable amounts Of copper were
issued by private persons. The same con-
fusion resulted as was experienced during
our late war from the increase of private
promise to pay currency, and in 1882
Congress took the preliminary steps for
the establishment of national system of
coinage. A contract for 900 tons of one
cent copper coins was awarded to james
Jarvis, after long deliberation in com
mittees in Congress, in 1887. The Con-
stitution, which was adopted in the same
year, gave Congress the power ito coin
money, regulate the value thereof, and Of
foreign coin," and in 1892 an act was
passed for the establishment Of National
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Wneu s "4sh,aS'oa .l. was L,s Les'usn', ~ was
Popo'eu ,na' n;s pas' snouu aaoln que
,as o" ~ o a " Son' ~ oa' 'n' ne ~oa'l ,i W,
apP'ote, a"a ~. ~ 'he Is. ues,oe W" s"P'oyeu
""1 Tta enyvJn W:. "sa .t;a ~ apPioNa, .,,,.,,,
!, ~ ne C Sans ~ tn's S. was es.aolisneu y
aos " eous' ess ~ io'-, iie,'oss 70 '''a'
s,.no ~ si'Ae "ee 'ue uenanu ~, sou,e
eteulAsips 's:a inou'um 70 represent sou aus',
which ior Ses's was uses as currency, anu
Was 50 Sssu i1i years al'er .ne es'aoilshc .
asn' % G " .he Miu'' OWING y lse scarcity oi
eo'n, .na' COINS were isseeu " private
pan parsons. iemp,e.on heia issueu eio anu
20 pieces IN iS4s, ana seyeta, raj private
rennerles issued 20, sio' ana szv pieses'
wnlsn sos wen. ~ 'he name o. slugs up 70
l1, l1S', anu a,so Iew nan uo'iaf pieces
men 'he hih' was nnisheo auflhg 'he
iass named year ana oegan tne issue OF
cein, tne private estaolishinen's reiinquish-
60 the coming o. money, put gold dust
was s'anuafd ior years aitefward, and
even curing 'he past ten years has been
circulating medium IN some OF the Terri
tories. In 1904 the coinage oi the san
Francesca Min. was wholly OF gold, and
amounted 70 s4,Vs4'zoV' In 1906, two
years aiterward, the coinage was larger
than u mas ever been since, with the ex-
ception OF the past year. IL amounted to
go, ,i4o,4uU Of gold and slI1 900 OF sill
vein al, szo,azS,4oo' ihe lowest
coinage after the hrst year was IN 1861,
the amount being siz,Zoo,oo0, During
the nscai year ending june 50, 1879, the
coinage was s3Oo,627 ,O0O, of which si,-
~ WV was silver. There were s26,-
ooo,ooo IN double eagles struck, 100000
In eagles, ana SIo0OOo IN half eagles.
There were s5,sI9OUo IN trade dollars,
s4tS'ooO IN nan dollars, slz3,oOo in quar-
ter dollars, S3,OU0 In 20-cent pieces, which
are Just beginning to circulate here, and