Show A TREASURY EXPEDIENT WILL PAY EXPRESS ON GOLD I 1 ft effort to encourage the exchange of cola coin for currency campania af sails with rive five millions on boardl 11 I 1 washington nov 23 21 j lisle in a circular letter sent to tile the united states sub treasurers this afternoon instructed them hereafter to receive gold frold coin in sums burns of and multiples thereof and to pay express i charges on the gold and also on OB tha currency received in exchange there for he also instructed the sub trea tread jurers to receive lightweight light weight gold coin I 1 and to ascertain the exact value ot of I 1 such auch coin and pay for it at fa face ce value less leas 4 cents for each troy grain rain such coins are found tobe below standard I 1 weight i this la Is believed to be the second time in the history of the government that it has paid express charges both 9 on the tha gold received and the currency returned the only exception t jt it la Is said was in 1893 when it wits was I 1 dono done ln in a few instances the secre I 1 larys letter of instruction to sub trea jurers regarding lightweight light weight coin Is IB as follows department instructions of july 12 and august 23 1895 1995 requiring you to reject and place a distinguishing mark on nil all gold coins presented to your depository tory for deposit where found to be icelow the least current weight are hereby so modified as to instruct you when required to accept all such coins at valuation in proportion to their actual weight at such valuation to bo be determined I 1 by deducting from nominal value 4 centi cenan for each grain troy weight found below the standard weight of each piece all lightweight light weight pieces thus received by you to bo be held in the cash at your office separate j from full weight coins and each has box of such coins to be plainly marked with the amount of th eface face ana an actual values I 1 of contents if the depositor should prefer to have the pieces that are found to be ba below the least burret weight returned to him you will b fore returning them stamp each piece with the distinguishing mark referred to in this department letter I 1 |