Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-12-15 | Page 9 | Mints Yield U. S. Big Sum, Report

MINTS YIELD US U.S. U. U S1 S. I BIG SUM REPORT I II I I Government Makes Eight c i Millions Director Ray K Baker Discloses e i 1 By Associated Press WASHINGTON W. W WASHINGTON Dec 15 The The minting minting mint mint- Sn ing business is a profitable one to be beIn bein In In according to the annual report of ot ofRay ofay otRay Ray ay Baker director of the United State Stages mint made mado public by the treas treas- ury department During the 1919 fiscal year the report shows the government made on Its minting opera opera- Of Ot this amount was made through the manufacture of ot nickel and bronze coins N Never ver before in the me history of the country has the demand for small coins been AS large as it was during the past fiscal year Pennies minted alone to total total to- to tal or about pounds i More than silver sUver dollars i were Wc melted into bullion during the year pear much of this metal being applied to the sale of fine ounces of ot dollar silver by this government to Gre Great t Britain for use by the government govern govern- ment nent ent of India United States mints also made coins for tor many other countries including for Peru Fern gold pound one-pound blanks 0 nickel pieces and bronze pieces for Argentina and for Nicaragua nickel pieces Hid and i OOOO bronze pieces