The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14
V DOLLARS.
Their Coinage to be Commenced
Immediately.

From. the .Philadelphia lnqnlrer'l
The coinage Of silver dollars to the
extent Of four million dollars per
month vii! be commenced immediate =
". II Is very natural that many OF
the newspaper dispatches from Wash
ington, appearing last Saturday, should
he led to make the statement that n
number of new presses would he need
ed at the Philadelphia Mint to enable
it to strike the amount Of coin that
will be awarded to it's portion Of the
amount to be coined. This statement
is contradicted nv the Superintendent
Of the mint. ey-Gov. James Pollock,
who informed Il representative Of the
Inquirer on Saturday that the facilities
Of the mint for coming were now suiIi>
Client, aud that no additions were nee
essary.
The Superintendent, in reply to
questions, answered: IL presume the
Philadelphia mint will receive one mil
hon dollars per month of this coinage.
and perhaps n million aud II half.
There has been no distribution Of the
coinage made. and it is barely possible
that this mint mav get two millions Of
the amount named in the bill. ltthis is
so, we will have TO make some prcpa-
ration, bat very little, and, if necessary
the mint could exceed that amount.
But it is not our desire to 90 heyoni
the capacity Of the mint under UrdIna-
+, circum stances. With Il coinage of
u million or q million aud a half dol
lars per month, the force is so well or
sanlzed that the demand could lac met
without extraordinary effort. This is
the amount that will, IN all probability
he coined at Philadelphia, and the hal
ance will be gwen TO the nlnts at San
francisco and Carson CIty-nOw the
only two in the United States besides
that located in this city; the capacity
ofthe II located at San Frisco being
about 0ne million or Il million and n
half dollars per month, and that Ioca.
ted at Carson about half Il milliou dol
lars per month.
An incident Of considerable iutcrcs,
IN association wi Ii the coinage ayain
Of silver dollars OF The standard weight
OF 4l2t grains at this mint, is lhst tae
first dollars Of this weight were coined
here, and the fits. of the re coinage
will be struck from the same place
There are nov prepared and will be
forwarded to Washington two very
pretty specimens Of silver dollars,
These will he inspected by Secretary
Of the Treasury and the Director OF the
Mint, when II Of them will be adopt,
ed. On the diverse side Of one of the
dies is the headsol the Goddess Of Lib
erty with q wreath entwlned in the
hair and wearing Il cap upon which IS
inscribed the word Liberty" The
periphery or circle consists of thirteen
stars, representing the original thirteen
States, and Immediately Over the head
is the motto, AZ Plurihus Unum,"
while &C the bottom is the date, 1878,
Ga the reverse side is the American
eagle with wings extended and holding
III his talons spears and arrows, EN-
blematical of defense. The eagle is
SUI rounded by wreath, and immedi
ately above his head is the motto, ''In
God We trust" Around the periphery
are the words, "Unitcd States OF
America" AT the bottom Of the coin
arc the words, "One Dollar" and the
weight,
The other specimen has upon its OBJ
verse side the head of the Goddess OF
Liberty, differing but little in contour
from the other. Immediately above
this is the motto, I'm God we trust"
and around the periphery are thirteen
stars, the date being at the bottom of
the coin. The reverse side consists of
an eagle, with the wings extended, but
dropping. The motto, AZ PlurIbus
Unum,' over the eagle, is in German
text. The words, United States Of
America" extend half the distance Of
the periphery, and beneath the eagle
are the words, "One Dollar"