The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-28
THE UNITED STATES MINT.



Items Of IHteFrwt ts Baasneas sisn and Ehs
People tisn@raiiy.
The two cent pieces were abolished
4 i've years ago.
There are five times as many one cent
pieces used aa threea.
Less than sl0, 600 OF one cent pieces
were coined Last year.
No fives or tlrees (uickel) were coined
Last year for circulation.
The old-faShi0ned silver dollar has
not been made for five years.
The shipping OF silver coins from the
mint began about year ago.
Silver In purchased at the mint 10 a
limited extent. II is paid for IN gold.
Nickle and bronze coins are only made
in the United States mint In this city.
The Eastern, Middle, and Western
States take most OF the nickie and bronze
c0inK
Double eagles are being made for the
repositories because they are more sala-
bile.
No silver il coined in subsidiary coin
for depositors. The government coins
for itself alone.
In the South the people are now MS
ing one cent pieces and threes aud nFeA
very extensively.
Five times as many i've cent pieces as
ones are sent away, and ave times hs
many ones as thresas.
There is no coinage charged ia guid.
The only charge is for parting, refn-
ing. and tOughening.
No silver il exchanged for notes Af.
the mint. This is done by transfers
which come through Washington.
Two weeks ago nearly 500. OOu ~
gold dollars were made for the sub
treasury department of New York.
There are living in the depositorles
and vaults of the snb-treasury In this
city nearly 500. 900 in five cent nickel
pieces.
Five cent pieces are circulated con-
siderably in New Orleans. Pennies
we're recently sent 10 that city, which
were the first ever called for.
The largest number Of early orders for
small coins came from the southeast.
Recent orders are chiefly from this Sec
tion of the country.
A large amount of the S3s. 600, 600 in
small CONS circulated within the year
were manufactured during the same
period, and consequently the coins are
new.
The government has issued over $685.
O00. 600 OF small silver coins since the
redemption of fractional currency began,
and the market is fairly glntted with
them.
The demand for one cent pieces has
increased within the last three or four
months, aud the demand for fves has
decreased. This In due 10 the issue OF
30 many dimes.
In brisk times the mint pays ont from
three 10 FIVE thousand dollars q day for
the accommodation Of people making
change and for shipment through the
country.
No trade dollars have been made this
year. Several millions were coined III
1877. Their coinage was suspended IN
December. They were only coined 10
limited extent for circulation.
Nickel and bronze are kept nj par by
redeeming them in greenbacks. They
are deposited in the mint In sums OF not
less than twenty dollars, receipted for,
and checks sent 10 the depositor.
No silver five cent pieces have been
made for Eve years. In fact. they have
been abolished as well as the silver three
cent piece. The nickel threes are still
issued, although but few are used.
From Ave 90 ten thousand dollars Of
eagles, half eagles. aud three dollar
pieces are made every year in order b.
keep up the history Of the coin. About
81, 600 OF ones are made for the same
purpose.
Tue mint shipped over the country
i'm 1876 about $500, 600 in small coins,
consisting Of one, three, and five cent
pieces. They went chiefly West and
East. In 1877. only about $SSe, 600 III
these small coins were shipped
The authorities no the mint can feel
the pulse Of business by the amount OF
coin sent I'm for redemption. III buRi-
ness is falling of the redemption ia
larger. When il II steady the redemp-
ton moves along at the rate of about
$500 day. t
The greatest demand for silver coins
is for the half dollar. The quarter dol
lar il the second favorite and the dime
is the third and last in the hist. The de-
mand for half dollars il twice as great
as for quarters, ami five times more
halves are required than dimes.
When business is brisk in the city
about seven or eight hundred dollars
iav in change is required for nickel and
bronze. The railroad companies are de-
mandinv more than usual ON account of
the six-cent fares. This demand. how
ever. has fallen of somewhat within the
past few days
More trade dollars were coined from
April. 1878. to December, 1877, than
there were coined Of the dollar of the
fathers for the eighty-one years proceed
ing. The trade dollar was intended for
the China tra.le, and nearly all that
have been coined have gone TO China.
Japan. and Tndia. - Philadelphia North
A AMERICAN
Almost Duel.