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Show MAKING U. S. MONEY HIGHLY PROFITABLE WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. The money-' malting business was highly profitable for thp government In the last year. The annual report of Raymond T. Raker, director di-rector of the mini, made public today, shows that the seignorage was 520.S3S.- 000 on $13.. "Iifi.OOO worth of coins minted during the year ended June "0. This means that the actual value of the silver, sil-ver, nickel and bronze made Into coins was ;!0.f"X.000 loss than the face value. More than 7 1 1,000.000 coins were manufactured, manu-factured, as compared with 406.ono.000 the year before, a high record at that time. The greatest demand was for one-cent pieces, of which 413,000.000 were, minted. Next the country needed new dimes, and 1 I tJ.oofi.0On of these were ma dp. and S.-72P..O'iO S.-72P..O'iO nickels. 1..2:.O00 quarters and '.'4.103.000 half dollars were turned out. No gold was minted. |