The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-03-09
SOMETHING ABOUT
OUR COINS.
written For The Sea Coast Echo

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HI Written For Tne Sea Coass Echo.
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Eea now, as you READ tnls, you furl
LILY and lot OF CONS Nagle =
et. Iney are hanalea eYeEs
hoE.x mute, ana oIsen We oon. even
s Canadian ps sece 1aat nas besn
gwen us = agss ano Nhaca ma
later re refused s. oaae q laozs h1scsfh-
nesle. iss;k oo1 own calns'
= ns1e ae5 sss'sf as '~1Aa y =. ~
tossing snens go s9 soa Know now
many coanage ss are IN 'nis
country, ana nass ss'sa marks It's lhui-
viuuai coaa l,sss = eyer occhi W sou
'na. oaou alsA sfery QUO VI 'le niiino.'
VI oimeS 'usnea OUT Dy our minus 70
"eigneo separateiy on very oeica'e
anu SENSITIVE Dalance anu nus' NOV 70
gram anu nsl over VI uho0, i.'
s'ahoara "eigns OF oo.oo grams inis
'oieiance % i7s grams IS 'ne sa.ie ~
ah 'ne eiisel COINS ana 10 nnoSe iisiuiy
Aep' AZ inlnu' Aneso arc soine u VI.
nice poln's anu alc ssluola 'nousn' -
Dy sno'o "no nas ~ uoon ioieuna'o
eiioueh " 'is's ono Y ono .n.00 ois
iiiih'S anu se0 noW Wonuoiiul sne0o
manufacturing pIoc0sses are No1 oAiy
Is the "elgns ~ eacn com aDsoiu1eiy
cofrect 20 "l'nin ifac'lonai part Oh a
gram, Due 'ne pullsy u .lie "eeA 70 DC
used IN making onis com IS sampled ano
tested OeIore s'roAe q coinage opera
tlons proceeds.
Inls purify ls Gained tne nneness' anu
all our goia ana sliVer com are eurneo
out as near S0u nneness as II Is poSsloie
to make them. we say our coin IS OF
standard flneness, which means 1t con-
tains in every lOoo parts 9OO parts OF
pure or noble metaI ana ioo par's OF
copper. Many people nave never mao
the opportunity 20 see OF read OF tnls
coinage PROCESS anu, u 'ney enough'
about it at all, may nave nao the idea
that the discs were mouloeo IN tnat
shape, as was oone IN ancient times.
The metal, after Delng received as pure
bullion, has the proper amount OF cop
per added to II ana IS melted ana
moulded, but not into dlscs; instead,
bars are made about IL lncnes long by
[1a"x1aa". Inese oars are put through
1eayy rolling machines until, after ~
,r more passes, they have been reduced
n thickness to the size OF the coin to be
made and their length Irareased over III
lines the original. They are now called
strips and are ready Tor punching; this
8 done by a cutter, which sends l2O or
more perfectly round dlscs eacn minute
nto the oox oelcW. Inls macnlne puts
10 impression on the piece, IL SIMPLY
punches piece OF nearly, Due not ex-
'ctly, proper weight, because tne metai
nay not always De homogeneous, ana
Wo olanKs cut from the same sSrip oIseh
'ary IN Weignt.
The orlglnal gooo blanks are run
through the mining macnne, Wnicn
imply raises the per1pnery, 1nlckenlng
anne, ana the otners tnas are con-
lemned, due TO eitner excessive Weigns
'r light welght, are returned 1or remei'-
ng. from tne milling nachihe 'ne
'lanks are anneaieo ana Wnleeneo anu
re then ready 1or tne IMPRESSION Inc
'resses, the macnlnes tnae carry 'he
l1es ana exert tne ENORMOUS pressure
i ~ tons up 10 lio IONS per piece' are
ne most inpof'ane anu w iai u VIC
'reaoese INTEREST IN 'ne 'nin9'
just tnlnk Oh i0' Every 'ine 'hese
les are Orouen' 'osesnel use u ne'ai
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