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Show COINAGE OFTH EWORLD. Interesting Table Prepared by the Directok of the Mint. A table prepared by the director of the mint shows that the coinage of gold for the world during the last calendar year was 8354,936,497, a decrease de-crease from 5466,110,614 for the preceding pre-ceding year. The coinage of silver was 8177,011,903, an increase over the preceding year of . 810,664.938. The coinage of gold and silver for the principal prin-cipal countries for the years' 1899 and 1900 was as follows: Gold. 1899. 1900. United States! 111,344.220 $99,272,943 Great Britain 43,852,0K5 t3.7ti!i,5 Kussia 194.481,1)77 83.221,525 Germany 33,(528,455 34,680,396 Silver. 1899. 1900. United States $36,061,520 $36,345.3-21 Great Britain 7.910,85 10. 1U7.S18 Kussia t 20.967.7(59 3.9(6.971 Germany 4,34(5,302 5,645, 2S1 |