Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-07

rHr WORK AT THE MINI.
Boon after January those who have sur
coins 70 jingle IN their pockets viii probably
have some bearing the new designs approved
by the Treasury Department, NJ the mint a
Philadelphia il 81 present employing ell ns
energy to have the new dies ready % com.
menee coinage by january 1, 1882. The neg
designs are regarded as unusually haudsoms.
The new designs. which are intended for IL.
subsidiary silver coins-the half dollar, quar-.
ter dollar and dime-are unquestsonAbly very
beautiful and decided Improvement upon The
present designs upon these coins.
They may be briefly described as follow:
On the diverse or face of the coin 10 IN ideaI
female head, representative Of liberty, looking
to the right, with scalm and diguiied expires.
sion, with an olive wreath around the head ana
Phrygian cap on back. Ga band or 6Ilet
over the front of the head. il inscribed the
word Liberty" and over the head, at the tor
OF the coin, Ii the motto, In God We Trust
Around the medallion are thirteen starr, repre-
senting the thirteen original states, and 1t The
bottom the dat of coinage.
On the reverse OF back OF the coin appears
the seal Of the United States as adopted In lisa
which may be described follows: An eagle
displayed with open wings. charged on the
breast shield argent. six pallets gules chief
azure, holding in the dexter claw an olive
claw = shear an th,,,i.,, -. =, ..s.s.ss'
war In its l..ak ar o.,,i. 49,. ~ Pn -
tanning the motto. 'E Plnribus Unum, % Unsigned
above and about the head with thirteen stars
environed by clouds.
Quarter dollar whils re S,,,,a Iii - - -. a.
obyerse Tor facet tie s.,n. h..s - az. 80 -
lar and quarter dollar, except that IN place Of
the stars there viii be the inscription. Omitted
Trust will be omitted from tha Air.. N.
verse Of the dime will he tha go.
emit in use
The oesion for tl. ,.xor.o - A.. h.,s An
and Quarter dollar !, 4 rot,,rn 10 ~. H.'..s ~
almost the fir.t coinse. - 80 49, ~
the female head on dc face Of the 60. !. g.
more beautltul than sny which 49, ~, -.
peared ON our coins
~irh TEE DESIGNER
use n'ins mooeis IN my work, Just q any
other artist does, said Chief Engrayer CAsrlex
E. Barber of the p,,,,.delnh,. mint ~ ,o.a.
,ha ao.;,.... a.. . -. ~, :,
An iAes 'ns
engraving OF designs Tor coins and medals ID
simply sculpture on a small scale. We use Wax
mixed with vermilion for color. instead of olsv
Ii Is impossible to say how long a time il re-
quired for making the design for a face of a
coin. A head in profile may take two weeks 30
execute, the wax model being on large scale,
w pe subsequently reproduced by mechanical
process in steel on the scale requisite for she
coin. The statement has been frequently pub
iished that the head of Liberty on the present
silver dollar was drawn from q Philadelphia
school teacher but that is not true. il was
merely fancy head from the brain OF my
assistant, Mr.. Morgan.
"An the designs for coins and Tor medals of
honor given by Congress or by the various de-
partments Of the government are made In this
division Of the Philadelphia mint The most
valuable medal, intrinsically, ever conferred by
Congress upon an individual was tina, given 90
Joseph Francis for his invention OF the life
saving car. IL contains s72o worth Of gold.
You can see il on exhibition in the National
Museum. United States gold coins are one
tenth part copper but the necais are alxnys
of what we call fine gold'-tbat a.. gold AZ
pure as il can be Obtained m Won est gala