Show larne LARGE GOLD COINS covis mr gwyn senator from california has brought fr forward ward an important nie measure asure in the senate it apropo ses ees that yom efm c e 1 ns I of the value of from one hundred to ten thousand dollars each shall be struck at the mint this certainly may be taken as an evidence of the confidence So 0 li ilus lits ilia ts in the ability of his young st sto to c hit nit U 1 to furnish immense ties tiei odthe of uie hie precious metal the circular form hitherto universally followed for small smail coins says gays the union which had hid its origin in the rude ancient contrivance af dropping the melted metal from a ladle to be then struck with biti a punch and a hammer adapts them to our purses but would not be appropriate for these gigantic coins designed for heavy transactions it at home and exchanges abroad for these purposes purpose s they should be rectangular that they may b be convenient for packing in boxes these huge hue rectangular coins are but a valuable and in ingenious geniAs improvement upon the limited and already existing system of european bankers they are to be struck of refined gold of uniform fineness and with appropriate legends and devices similar to those upon our smaller coins with their value conspicuously marked and the inscriptions liberty and united states ofa merica counterfeiting and mutilation are provided against by suitable contrivances and penal enactments diess mess bless |