The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-25
FACTS ABOUT COINAGE.

The gold eagle weighs 27O grains.
The S5 gold piece weighs 1856 grains.
The trade dollar weighs 42O grains.
The so gold piece weighs 5l6 grains.
The l0-cent piece weighs 41.6 grains.
The 2O-cent piece weighs 77.l6 grains.
The bronze cent piece weighs 4S grains.
The gold dollar coin weighs 2j.S
grains.
The cent nickel piece weighs ~ grains.
The half-cent copper weighed l32
grains.
The silver scent piece weighs 2Os
grains.
The 2-cent bronze piece weighed 50
grains.
The dollar OF our daddies" weighs 4l6
grains.
The 3-cent silver piece weighed l2.375
grains.
The scent nickel piece weighs 77.lG
grains.
The common quarter of silver weighs
lU4 grains.
The old fashioned copper cent weighed
264 grains.
The fineness of our gold coins Is about
80 per cent.
The quarter eagle, or $3.50 gold piece.
weighs G71a grains.
The scent nickel piece, now discOn-
tinued, weighed 80 grains.
The standard dollar weighs 4l2.ls
grains. the half dollar POS grains.
The nickel scent piece Is exactly
three quarters OF an inch in diameter.
The silver half dollar was authorized
April =. 1892. and coinage was begun In
1894.
The 2-cent bronze piece Is composed
Of 95 per cent. copper and per cent. Of
tin and zinc.
The l-cent bronze piece is composed
OF 80 per cent. OF copper and per cent.
of tin and zinc.
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lied BY congress in 1892 and its coin
age was begun in 1896.
The IS gold piece was first coined In
1895. by virtue OF an act Of congress
passed April ., 1872.
The nickel cent was authorized Feb
ruary 2l. 1857. and its coinage was be-
gun the same year.
The first regular silver coinage to be
passed out in the order Of business was
in October, 1892.
The $40 gold piece was authorized by
act OF congress April 2, 1872, and Its
coinage was begun in 1894.
The silver quarter was authorized by
act OF congress In 1892. April ., and
coinage was begun In 1896.
The quarter eagle, or 81 80 in gold, was
authorized April =, 1892, and its coinage
was begun in 1896.
The $40 gold piece was authorized by
act Of congress March 3. lS49, and its
coinage was peSuH III lo0V.
The bronze cent was Issued In accord
ance with u law passed in 1857 and Its
coinage was begun In 1886.
The first purchase Of copper to be
used in the United States coinage was
In 1892, September IL, six pounds.
The cent takes its name from the
Latin word '.centum' IA hundred). this
coin being a hundredth OF a dollar.
Charles H.. soon after his accession to
the throne. in 1860 had dollars of 4l2
grains coined for use In Scotland.
The dollar gold piece was authorized
by act OF congress March ). 1S49, and Its
coinage was begun the same year
The diameter Of the silver dollar Is
exactly an inch and half and its thick
ness eighty-thousandths Of an inch.
The dollar Of our daddies" was au-
thorized by act of congress April ., 1892,
and its coinage was begun in 1894.
The standard dollar was authorized by
act Of congress February %. 1878, and
coinage was begun In the same year
Jefferson IL said to have been the first
American statesman to suggest the dol
lar as the financial unit Of our currency
The old fashioned copper cent was au-
thorized by act OF congress April ~
1872. and It's coinage was begun the fol-
lowing year.
IL from 80 to 80 per cent. except the j.
cent piece, which contained % per cent
in alloy.
Moses Brown, of Boston, has the credit
OF making the first deposit of gold bull
ion to be coined. In 1895 he deposited
s2.a7672
In l7S6 congress provided for the issu-
ing Of four coins: A $40 gold piece, a
dollar OF silver, lO-cent piece and q
copper cent
I'm God we trust" first appeared on
the copper 2-cent issue Of 1864 and is
the first use Of the word God" in any
government act.
The common nickel Decent plece) was
authorized by act of congress May IL.
1866. and its coinage was begun in the
same year.
The 3-cent nickel piece received the
authorization Of congress by law pass
ed April 3, 1866. and its coinage was
begun the same year.
The eagle. being the national bird. ap-
pears on many of our coins and its name
has been appropriated to the golden To-
dollar piece from that fact
The first deposit of silver bullion to
be coined was by the Bank OF Mary
land, July Is. 1894, that institution send
ing in $SO.715.735 in French coins.
ris was this: Ten quarters. one penny;
10 pence, one bit or BILL 10 bits, one dol
lar, and 10 dollars. one crown.
The bronze 2-cent piece was first
coined In 1864. being authorized by act
Of congress In the same year. The Is
suance OF this coin was discontinued
February II. 1873.
The name dime" applied to our To-
cent piece. comes from the French word
"dixieme." the origin"l form in English
use. sometimes appearing on early coins
as "disme."
The first step taken by our govern
ment in the direction of q coinage was
In 1871. when Robert Morris was en-
trusted with the duty Of investigating
the subject and making report.
A copper half cent Is among the NUN. |
erous coins authorized by congress. the
law to this effect being passed I'm 1892
and coinage begun the following year.
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