Show DIRECTOR OF THE MINT report showing our coinage and other money items washington dec 4 the report of 0 IS I 1 T preston director of the alint chous that the oll ginal gold cold bullion deposited at tile manta anil and assay offices during this the year was valued at tile original oliver bullion deposited depre allied a 0 coinage value of oc the purchase of 0 silver bullion for fat bub bob gl illary coinage was line fine ounces costing 1229 9 the coinage executed at the mints during tire the lacal fiscal year va nas as follows gold cold silver dollars subsidiary silver minor colna coins tHO total 18 S there was waa a total coinage under the act of july 11 ablit 1190 up tip to 10 november 1 li almi ot of with a ot of leaving on hand at the elie mints a balance of 0 line fine ounces cost COH inor Si tire balance on oil hand july 1 I iroil aval available lable fyr fur subsidiary silver coinage aue as title IOU 0 ct the total amount tit tf minor aln coarts S hued X aed by the mint tit nl philadelphia since 1792 to juno june 30 ISM 1896 was of 0 tills this amount has bf en ed d leaving sit ai tile the total ari amount lount anding on oil june joni 20 deducting the balance on land hand at the mints july 1 the not or profit on the coinage of silver liver from laie date to june 30 10 MC AM avas 60 GOS boltl gold und anti silver bars barn mere maturne luied at the wint mint and assay olnie during the fiscal your year ns a follows gold cold IBI silver the average dondon price or of silver bullion turing tile the was waa ta tOC ilS tile the new yolk bilec was 0 and tile the average price nt at the barof par exchange was io 40 ga isa the highest hl luht ae 11 arar a 13 equivalent to tile in lowest quotation 0 occoa OCCO 1 tire commercial ratio ut or gold to silver mas 03 I 1 to find and the iho bullion value of oc a united stater silver dollar at ilia year ly average price was wa 0 52 the number ot of of oc pure i liver nt at the lie average avarace price purchasable with it a ti led milvor dollar will maa 70 OC equivalent to 1479 1470 fine ounces tile the not net koli gold exports tor for tile hie fiscal year were a as against lor for the previous year tho the nt net IOU ner exports mere cro us its against Si for the previous year tho the employment of precious metals in the arts arta lo lit the united states during the hr calendar year MW was vas gold cold sliver silver tha new material consumed in tit the manufacture tit of these harm was gold cold silver 1 art the metallic stock lit in the tit united states on oil july 1 isar was gold sj q silver A total ol of production or OF MUTA A LS the estimated production or fac the precious metals in the united states during the calendar caL londar year IW was rine alno commercial coining metals ounce cepi alao gold 0 sir r kit omi ool Im the eqUina estimated ted of gold and silver in the lorld for the calendar year 1895 was as ail follows fine alno commercial coining motala ounces value value gold SN P ifju it I 1 avi silver the total coinage of 0 gold bold and silver by the various countries of the world was as follows gold cold total the t t tat tal metallic stock and uncovered paper in tile was estimated on january 1 1 1896 1816 as follows S 4 1 IV pull full lo arkal gal tender allver iw 1 limited tender silver G mola lllA 16 stock A ai A uncovered paper grand total the director in his report states there Is no doubt that the silver coins of tile the led states are arc now being belac counterfeited exactly similar to tho the genuine size weight and devices some of theo coins cannot be from the genuine evert even hy by experts A very dangerous blat roua counter counterfeit felt silver villre r halt half dollar doll ir has made its appearance in tho ilia kast and west tile the weight of which Is grallis with it a lin oneness eneRs of anil le tile the weight of the genuine is 3 ot of t the he fineis 9 of 1100 tile the profit to the counterfeiter Is now about loo IUD per cent so far the blest known protection again l t the or of coins iraq has been found to lie he the lettering placed on tho the edges similar to that on ion tile tho first coinages coi nages of tile die unit d states or ilia alve fir franc tie pieces of france Iri ince the me T I 1 he al director recommends that au be riven given tile the secretary of 0 the treasury tu abury to have lave experiments made to determine the best means of preventing counterfeiting or at leibst tit tire lie danger |