The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-26

Anoug the slRtements emanatinR- from
the Treasury Department at Washington,
Es learn that the total coinage Of ufstandard
silver dollars under the act Of February
Is, 1873, has been s72 .s47,750.r OF this
InOupt 81 6SS, IO6 Ia in the Treasury and
10 the mluts, and s25. .25s, ,eH, more than
" per cent Of The coinage, is 10 circula.
ton. The amount In circulation Nosem.
bstl, 1873 was 81 992 6e5, or $3.50 ~ per
cent Of SIS 2Sl, 500 coined. At the same
dts in 1870 the amount 10 circulation was
ssOO2 S42, or 2S4 per cent Of s45; ;eO2, 200
eiled. 0f the total amount coined to
date. s47. COZ 9S9, or. or more than. IS. per
uD. has been paid out from the Treasury
Iasres and mints. OF the amount paid
cut nearly AZ per cent. or 22,$iS 2ss, has
Hs1 returned to the Treasuryin payment
d dues on account OF silver certificates.
While the amount distributed 10 only
scout onethird OF the amount
coined. there $ere placed pefms.
rsutly in circulation during the, fnt
..,en full months of coinage 4 73li 8s4
rlndard silver dollars, or s675, ,a55 each
month, and for The succeeding twelve
months ending October 81, 1879, there
rge absorbed into the circulation of'the
touuuy s OsO sic standard silver idollats,
aS613 S5l per month. During thetwelye
months just ended l., ,25G. .Oo2a standard all
ser dollars and. SIS ,i75,s in ailger!certif-
Gates entered into the circulation of the
ouulty, or an average Of 4 OIL 400 stanae
Hd tilyer dollors aud 81 81 l465eln silver
certificates each month. 10 addition, to
heordinaryh aIeDces which fsctlitate the
llar.bulion OF standard silver dollars the
demon sLiEation by the people Of the south.
EHsot. the Mextcsu silver dollar 'has'ere1
ated an eytsusivs demand for the new doll
hIi that quarter. We're the trade dol
hr Withdrawn from circulation, or every:
where rated at ils bullion value, many
more standard silver dollars would be re-
VuIred for circulation In The cities OF New
York and Philadelphia, and in other places
in which the trade dollar Is nowina Arp %.
calculating medium, much 70 tbesadsan-
tIes Of the bullion dealers, who pnrchase'
uAds dollars at points where theylete
nled al so cents and sell them at an ad'
IIHcs to parties in places where they cir.
eu!ate at their face value! The total
lm0uut Of silver certificates issued undNr
The &c. OF Congress OF February 2S 1873,
10 September so, 1880, is 81, ,S0s 900, Of
Ehirh there were issued at sWnshinRt1n
ilO0S0 0O0, at New York S442S 600
and at San Francisco sl2.so0,0O0
There were in nGinSlpy CIRCULATION
At the latter date Sl2, ,429 .SSi, which
Imount does not include 50 O92 ,bI9
iSCluded In the cash Of the various offices
The demand for silver certificates under
the circular ot the Department dated Seps
,ember IS, 1880, authorizing their exchange
of gold COIN or bullion, has been quite ek-
;snsive at New Orleans, 81. Louis, Chicago
md Cincinnati, and there were paid out at
thoaa points during the month OF October
S34S5 900 In silver eeriacatesfor 40 equal
IuOuut OF z Id coin deposited in the Sub
Treasury at New York. The demand was
simuls ted by the scMcity Of other circn-
l,ing notes, and because the certificates
beipR furnished at the various Sub Treas.
urivs without expense ortransppftation 10
the person desiring themS they beesrne an
ineIpensive means OF obtaining exchRps Be
!hirh was really oigreat advantage In tho
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