The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-07

-, .vnmAx MONEY Is MApE--EScs.isH re
& - PEGS REcoIxEO.
rxabu, ,~ftes " IRE London Time%l
-, - now describe the process through
..s,eh ne Kopljsh rupees At present pass TO
,,ein~ chem ont from the Kabul mint In the
-hsns 81 Kabulee rupees. In one OF the
vn6r sheds which have described as run
r,nS round the courtyard are two rows
~ small. rourd clay bcarths, elevated sn
S,ch ar Two above the floor, and depressed,
ike p,stc, In the middle. A pile OF
rnnecs--eepersIly S00-having been count.
I'D and weighed, Is pIsced upon one OF
these hearths In Q carefully-prepared BED OF
bone ashes, and covered over with charcoal
and wood. The charcoal is then iighted.
ard when well aglow four pounds OF iead
Sor every 900 rupees Is added TO the iur-
nace. The lead. IN combination with the
hone ashts, separates. - Is well known, the
alloy. This first process converts the ru-
pces into dull, unsigbtiy mass OF silver,
free, or nearly 50, from alloy. Ihe pure
silver thus extracted is then carried TO an
other shed. carefully weighed, ana sn
amount Of English rupees equal 10 its weight
added 10 il. Rupees and silver are then
melted together In a clay crucbIe, and the
melted mixture Il iadled by hand into molds,
which Give Il the shape Of hattened bars
about l2 inches long. These bars are then
taken 10 a third shed, to be annealed BY
bammering, and given the form OF slender,
round rods. The next process Is that OF
drawing these rods through plate OF iron,
perforated with round holes. to give them
! Uniform circumference. This is done by
means OF q rude hand-wheel, after which
the rods are cut by hammer and cbisel into
the lengths requisite to form the future
rupee. each of which lengths Is carefully
weighed In q pair OF scales. Any that ore
too heavy are handed to a workman whose
business It Is TO slice Off fragment with
hts cbjseI; any that, on the contrary, are
TOO light are handed 10 another workman,
who notches the little cylinder by blow
on his cbisel, and inserts the required
fragment Into the notch. The cylinders
nre next carried to tiith shed, and,
after gently hesting, are hammered into
small, round disks, which have yell0wish-
white color. To remove this color and give
them brightness they are next plunged into
q caldron OF boiling water. in which they
are boiled for some time along with apricot
fruit and salt. This process imparts bright
uess to the dull disks OF silver. and they
are then ready for the last process they have
10 20 through, that OF stamping. This IS,
perhaps, the most Interesting part OF the
operation. Two operators sit facing one
another, bali naked, on the ground, with
little iron anvil between them. Into the
face OF the anvil Is inserted steel
stamp, destined to give the impress.
sion which the under side OF the
roupee will bear. One operator places
the little silver disks with great quickness
and accuracy upon the stamp, and the
other, who is armed with heavy hammer
In bis right band, aud steal stamp bearing
the inscription destined for the upper side
Of the rupee in his left, with one heavy,
well-delivered blow impresses the device on
the soft lump OF silver. Lastly, each rupee
thus stamped Is again weighed, and def
ciences 10 weight made up by the same
rude process as noted at another stage OF the
work. the amended rupee passing once more
under the hand OF the stampers. Such is the
ample process by which money Is now being
coined at Kabul. IL certainly makes one stare
10y its very simplicity, and the absence OF all
secresy, fuss, or show; and yet 1t Is per-
fecily effective, and the money turned out,
though rough and unfinished, is excellent
10 quality, IL inarilstic in shape and appear
ance. 1t needs hardly to be said that the
rupees coined as / have described contain
only bali the quantity OF alloy which the
English rupee does. shall only add that
the establishment, as now constituted, can
turn out $4,000 rupees per day, and is capa.
BILE Of any extension.