33d Congress,
1st Session.
[House of Representatives]
Ex. Doc.
No. 40.

REPORT OF THE MINT.

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MESSAGE
from
The President of the United States,

Transmitting

The annual report of the Mint of the United States.

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February 2, 1854. - Ordered to be printed.

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To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

I transmit, herewith, the annual report of the Director of the Mint at Philadelphia, showing the operation of the mint and branch mints for the year 1853.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

Washington, February 1, 1854.

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Mint of the United States,
Philadelphia, January 27, 1854.

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report, in compliance with the act of Congress of the 18th of January, 1837:

The coinage, including gold bars, executed at the mint in Philadelphia in 1853, has amounted to $60,111,249 72; of which $36,365,621 were in gold coins, $15,835,997 94 were in refined gold bars, $7,852,571 were in silver coins, and $67,059 78 in copper coins. This coinage was comprised in 69,775,537 pieces, being more than twice the number of pieces ever before struck at the mint in a single year. The deposites received were $53,315,632 64 in gold, and $8,367,339 in silver, including silver purchases made pursuant to the act of March 3, 1853; making a total of $61,682,971 64.

The coinage at the branch mint at New Orleans amounted to $3,445,000; of which $2,220,000 were in gold coins, and $1,225,000 in silver. The number of pieces struck was 6,532,000. The deposites were $2,152,254 16 in gold, and $4,536,131 06 in silver, including silver purchases - total, $6,688,385 22.

The coinage of the branch mint at Charlotte, North Carolina, amounted to $339,370 in gold, comprised in 77,086 pieces. The deposites were $305,157 06, in gold.

The coinage at the branch mint at Dahlonega, Georgia, amounted to $462,918 in gold, comprised in 99,439 pieces. The deposites were $452,289 76, in gold.

The total coinage of the mint and its branches for the year 1853 was as follows: gold, $55,213,906 94; silver, $9,077,571; copper, $67,059 78; total, $64,358,537 72.

It may be interesting to state, that one million of dollars weighs, in gold, 3,685 5/7 pounds avoirdupois; and in silver, 54,857 pounds. If 2,000 pounds be taken as the ton, it will be seen that our coinage operations during the last year reach about one hundred and two tons of gold, and two hundred and forty-nine tons of silver.

The amount of gold of domestic productions deposited at the mint and its branches during the last year was $55,622,051, of which sum $55,113,487 was from California, and the balance from the Atlantic States, except a few deposites from Oregon of the value of $13,535. These were the first deposites from that Territory, and are characterized by having an appreciable per-centage of platinum sand.

The silver parted from the gold from California amounted to the sum of $407,133; in addition to which, there was received other silver of domestic production to the value of $10,146.

At the principal mint several deposites of Australian gold have been made during the past year, amounting to $195,000.

The entire coinage at the several mints, from the time they commenced operations, is as follows:

Mint at Philadelphia, (1793) $322,228,868
Branch mint at New Orleans, (1838) 50,497,665
Branch mint at Charlotte, (1838) 3,790,038
Branch mint at Dahlonega, (1838) 5,280,728
    Total at all the mints 381,797,299

I annex to this report several tabular statements exhibiting the foregoing results somewhat in detail, and presenting some other statistics respecting the operations of the mint.

The diminution of the standard weight of the half dollar, and lower denominations of silver coins, authorized. by the act of March 3, 1853, has been attended with good results. Under its operations we have had a large supply of silver bullion; and the silver coinage of the new issue has reached the sum of $8,654,161, which is a larger amount than was struck during the five years preceding. Several millions of silver coins have thus been added to the currency; and if the circulation of small notes could be excluded, so as to render the supply necessary, in a short time the new coin would be in general use in every part of our country. The appreciation of silver rendered the alteration necessary. The silver coins of the former standard were issued at the rate of 116 4/11 cents per ounce. The average price of silver, of like fineness, at London and Paris, for several months past, has been 121 cents per ounce. It is very evident, therefore, that coin issued under the former standard would be withdrawn from circulation, and we would have had no silver currency except the old and much-worn Spanish fractions of a dollar, the value of which is diminished from 10 to 20 per cent. It is proper to remark, that some misapprehension has prevailed in regard to the alteration in the silver coin. The idea is erroneously entertained by many persons, that the fineness of the silver used in the new coin is below the former standard. The only change, however, is in the weight - the half dollar being now fourteen and a quarter grains below the former standard weight, and the smaller coins in the same proportion.

In England, since 1816, a silver currency has been maintained by similar means. There the depreciation of silver below gold, at the prices which ruled when the standards were adjusted by law, may be at 11 per cent. Our depreciation below the former standard, as compared with gold, is nearly 7 per cent. The profit to the British mint, when dollar silver is sold at five shillings per ounce in the London market, (which is an average price,) is 7 per cent. If we bought silver at the same rate, our profit would be not quite 3 per cent.; but as our price of silver is 121 cents per ounce of standard fineness, there is an advance of but 3 3/10 per cent. - the new coin being issued at the rate of 125 cents per ounce. The apparent profit to the government is, therefore, 4 cents per ounce; but from this must be deducted certain expenses and wastage,.

As soon as the wastage of the last year is determined, a report on the subject will be presented to the Treasury Department.

A charge of the half of one per cent. on the gold coinage is authorized to be made from and after the 1st of April last. The amounts of these charges at the mint and branches are as follows: At the

Mint at Philadelphia $109,265  41
Branch mint at New Orleans 6,684  00
Branch mint at Dahlonega 1,816  00
Branch mint at Charlotte 1,182  00
    Total at all the mints 118,947  41

These sums will be transferred to the treasury of the United States, pursuant to the 6th section of the act of Congress before referred to.

The three-dollar gold coin, authorized by the last Congress, will be issued as soon as the dies, now in progress, are completed. From the close approximation in weight and value which the coin will bear to the quarter eagle, it has been deemed expedient to make the devices upon it different from any coin heretofore issued. The device adopted for the obverse is an ideal head, emblematic of America, enclosed within the national legend. The reverse will present a wreath, indicating the most prominent productions of our soil, and enclosing the denomination and date of the coin.

The branch mint at San Francisco, California, it is expected, will be ready to receive deposites and commence operations about the 1st of March next. In consequence of a change in the grade of the street on which the building is being erected, more time will he consumed in its completion than was anticipated. The machinery, which was constructed in Philadelphia, arrived there in good condition on the 12th of December last; but a portion of the fixtures and apparatus had not arrived on the 30th of December, the date of my last advices, the vessel containing them having then been out one hundred and forty-five days. These circumstances will probably delay the commencement of coining operations until the time above stated. The coins to be issued by this branch of the mint will be designated by the letter S on the reverse. It is proper to remark, that the coins of the other branches axe designated as follows: New Orleans by the letter O; Dahlonega, D; Charlotte, C. The coins of the principal mint are not marked by any letter.

The building which is designed for the assay office at New York, will be erected and completed in April next. The machinery, apparatus, and implements, will be ready for use as soon as the building is prepared to receive them. We may, therefore, expect operations to commence on the last of April or in the early part of May next.

The result of the overtures recently made to artists and other persons of taste to present designs for the silver coinage, has not been satisfactory. Many designs, and some medallions, were presented, some of them of considerable merit, but their general deficiency consisted in a want of adaptation to the object in view. In making any important change in the designs of the coinage, it seems proper that those which are to be substituted should be of decided and incontestable superiority. The result of the effort has thus produced a conviction favorable to the designs heretofore adopted and in use; our attention will therefore be turned to their artistic improvement, without materially changing their national or emblematic character.

The disturbance of the relative values of gold and, silver, and the consequent effects upon national and international currencies upon coinage, and upon pecuniary contracts, is a very large inquiry frequently under discussion in commercial circles, in the public prints, and in halls of legislation. I barely allude to the subject, without entering upon it, further than to offer one or two practical suggestions. According to well considered estimates, the production of the gold and silver mines of the world at the commencement of the present century - not taking into account those countries of Asia which were nearly shut out from the intercourse of nations - was in the proportion of one ounce of gold to forty-six ounces of silver. Immediately before the opening of California, it had probably changed to one ounce of gold against seventeen ounces of silver. An average of the productions of the years 1852 and 1853, upon the same broad scale, appears to give a result of one ounce of gold to less than four ounces of silver. And yet, from the first of these periods to the last, there has been no great divergence in the bullion market from the relative proportion of one ounce of gold to sixteen ounces of silver. Surely this striking fact ought to allay the feeling of alarm so often experienced as to the abundant production of one metal and the diminished supply of the other. There is, in fact, a happy accommodation in the commercial world to these varying relations. When gold was scarce, silver was the great metallic basis, and the former metal was rather used as an adjuvant, specially adapted to some of the wants of trade. But since gold has become plenty, and silver comparatively scarce, the wealthier nations of the world have taken gold as their prevailing currency, making silver only a subsidiary one, just as copper is to silver. Now, as the purpose of "making change" does not require a very large stock of metal, in comparison with the larger purposes of money, it follows that silver is by no means as much needed as formerly; and here we have the very remarkable, almost enigmatical sequence, that silver is valued less because it is less produced. The very general adoption of small gold coins, and even the half of that, if it were practicable, would still further throw silver out of use, and consequently keep down its value. Large quantities of it will always be needed for plate and for ornamental work; but even in this, the growing use of electroplated ware, in England and in our own country, is sure to have a counteracting effect. And here it will be interesting to state, that the greatly diminished cost of mercury, which is an indispensable agent in the production of silver, is certain to have a large effect in increasing that production. The monopoly of mercury, by which its price has advanced one hundred per cent., and consequently the mining of silver greatly impeded, has been dispelled by the opening of the rich cinnabar mines of California, and the price has receded to the old quotation. Silver mines that have been abandoned can, from this cause, be re-opened, and a greater activity may be expected in those which have been kept constantly in operation. But while the commercial or social accommodation before spoken of, and the probable increase in the production of silver just noticed, may be relied upon to prevent any such violent irregularities as would be denoted by balancing seventeen ounces of silver at one time, and at another time only four ounces, against one ounce of gold, yet there will constantly be a varying per-centage of fluctuation, and this will sometimes be so great as to compel a legal modification of standards, and a consequent re-coinage at the mint. And although our own standard of silver has so lately been changed to suit the market, there is reason to fear that the reduction of weight was not sufficient, and that another re-coinage, at no distant day, may become necessary. This, however, is a part of the use for which a national mint is maintained, and for which it should always be in readiness.

It is now due to us as the great gold-producing nation that our currency should be purged from all bank notes below the denomination of the double eagle. Such a remedy, by increasing the uses of gold, would doubtless mitigate any inconvenience arising from the large production of that metal, and aid us in arriving at the just conclusion that all fears of excessive returns from California and Australia may be put to rest. If the notes under twenty dollars were withdrawn, their places would be supplied by specie, and thus the currency would further approximate to the wholesome standard contemplated by the framers of the Constitution of the United States, and also tend to release the trade and commerce of the country from the adverse influence of banks of issue. As these institutions are created by the authority of the States, perhaps the only remedy in the power of Congress to apply, is that suggested by Mr. Gallatin, who, in view of the right of taxation, says that "Congress may, if it deems proper, lay a stamp duty on small notes, which will put an end to their circulation."

It seems appropriate to my official position that I should take this opportunity to join in the urgent demand, from various quarters, for a simple, intelligible, and well-founded system of weights and measures. The mint has done as much as it can (and in this step it has been followed by the bank and mint of England) in repudiating pennyweights and grains in the mode of weighing and keeping accounts, using only the troy ounce and its decimal fractions. The sanction of law had previously been obtained for doing away with carats and carat-grains, in the expression of fineness of gold, and of an equally cumbrous notation for the fineness of silver, substituting the simple millesimal form introduced by French assayers, and becoming general in Europe. But we are still annoyed with another standard of weight - the avoirdupois pound, with its tedious and arbitrary divisions. The establishment of a simple and uniform system, applicable to every kind of weight and measurement, is greatly to be desired, and is well worthy the attention of Congress.

I have the honor to be, with great respect, your faithful servant,

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN,    
Director.


A.

Statement of deposites and coinage at the Mint of the United States and its Branches in the year 1853.

MINTS.
Charlotte. Dahlonega. N. Orleans. Philadelphia. Total.
DEPOSITES.
Gold.
U. S. coins, old standard $14,144 $14,144
Foreign coins $121,894 121,546 243,440
United States bullion $305,157 $452,290 2,006,673 52,843,787 55,607,907
Foreign bullion 23,687 336,155 359,842
    Total of gold 305,157 452,290 2,152,254 53,315,632 56,225,333
 
Silver.
Purchases 4,467,458 7,620,167 12,087,625
Foreign bullion deposited 56,516 352,196 408,712
U. S. bullion parted from gold 12,157 394,976 407,133
    Total of silver 4,536,131 8,367,339 12,903,470
 
    Total of gold and silver 305,157 452,290 6,688,385 61,682,971 69,128,803
 
COINAGE.
Gold.
Fine bars pieces 4,576 4,576
Double eagles do 71,000 1,261,326 1,332,326
Eagles do 51,000 201,253 252,253
Half eagles do 65,571 89,678 305,770 461,019
Quarter eagles do 3,178 1,404,668 1,407,846
Dollars do 11,515 6,583 290,000 4,076,051 4,384,149
    Value of gold $339,370 $462,918 $2,220,000 $52,191,619 $55,213,907
 
Silver.
Dollars pieces 46,110 46,110
Half dollars do 1,328,000 3,532,708 4,860,708
Quarter dollars do 1,332,000 15,254,220 16,586,220
Dimes do 1,100,000 12,173,010 13,273,010
Half dimes do 2,360,000 13,345,020 15,705,020
Trimes do 11,400,000 11,400,000
    Value of silver $1,225,000 $7,852,571 $9,077,571
 
Copper.
Cents pieces 6,641,131 6,641,131
Half cents do 129,694 129,694
    Value of copper $67,059  78 $67,059  78
 
    Total coinage in pieces 77,086 99,439 6,532,000 69,775,537 76,484,062
 
    Total coinage in value   $339,370   $462,918   $3,445,000   $60,111,249  78   $64,358,537  78

B.

Coinage of the Mint and Branch Mints from their organization to the close of the year 1853.

MINT OF THE UNITED STATES AT PHILADELPHIA.

Periods. GOLD COINAGE. SILVER COINAGE.
Double
eagles.
Eagles. Half
eagles.
Quarter
eagles.
Dollars. Fine
bars.
Dollars. Half
dollars.
Quarter dollars. Dimes. Half
dimes.
Trimes.
Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Value. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces.
1793 to 1817 132,592 845,909 22,197 1,439,517 13,104,433 650,280 1,007,151 265,543
1818 to 1837 3,087,925 879,903 1,000 74,793,560 5,041,749 11,854,949 14,463,700
1838 7,200 286,588 47,030 3,546,000 832,000 1,992,500 2,255,000
1839 38,248 118,143 27,021 300 3,334,561 491,146 1,053,115 1,069,150
1840 47,338 137,382 18,859 61,005 1,435,008 188,127 1,358,580 1,344,085
1841 63,131 15,833 173,000 310,000 120,000 1,622,500 1,150,000
1842 81,507 27,578 2,823 184,618 2,012,764 88,000 1,887,500 815,000
1843 75,462 611,205 100,546 165,100 3,844,000 645,600 1,370,000 1,165,000
1844 6,361 340,370 6,784 20,000 1,766,000 421,200 72,500 430,000
1845 26,153 417,099 91,051 24,500 589,000 922,000 1,755,000 1,564,000
1846 20,095 395,942 21,598 110,600 2,210,000 510,000 31,300 27,000
1847 862,264 919,781 29,814 140,750 1,156,000 734,000 245,000 1,274,000
1848 145,484 260,775 8,886 15,000 580,000 146,000 451,500 668,000
1849 653,618 133,070 23,294 688,567 62,600 1,252,000 340,000 839,000 1,309,000
1850 1,170,261 291,451 64,491 252,923 481,953 7,500 227,000 190,800 1,931,500 955,000
1851 2,087,155 176,328 377,505 1,372,748 3,317,671 1,300 200,750 160,000 1,026,500 781,000 5,477,400
1852 2,053,026 263,106 573,901 1,159,681 2,045,351 11,10077,130 177,060 1,535,500 1,000,500 18,663,500
1853 1,261,326 201,253 305,770 1,404,668 4,076,051 $15,835,998 46,110 3,532,708 15,254,220 12,173,010 13,345,020 11,400,000
Total   6,571,768   3,091,591   8,919,267   5,469,826   10,609,593   15,835,998   2,454,000   113,970,894   26,912,182   42,207,105   43,880,998   35,510,900


MINT OF THE UNITED STATES AT PHILADELPHIA - Continued.

Periods. COPPER COINAGE. TOTAL COINAGE.
Cents. Half cents. Number of
pieces coined
Value of gold. Value of silver. Value of copper. Total value coined.
1793 to 1817 29,316,272 5,235,513 52,019,407 $5,610,957  50 $8,268,295  75 $319,340  28 $14,198,593  53
1818 to 1837 46,554,830 2,205,200 158,882,816 17,639,382  50 40,566,897  15 476,574  30 58,682,853  95
1838 6,370,200 15,336,518 1,622,515  00 2,293,000  00 63,702  00 3,979,217  00
1839 3,128,661 9,260,345 1,040,747  50 1,949,136  00 31,286  61 3,021,170  11
1840 2,462,700 7,053,084 1,207,437  50 1,028,603  00 24,627  00 2,260,667  50
1841 1,597,367 5,051,831 710,475  00 577,750  00 15,973  67 1,304,198  67
1842 2,383,390 7,483,180 960,017  50 1,442,500  00 23,833  90 2,426,351  40
1843 2,428,320 10,405,233 4,062,010  00 2,443,750  00 24,283  20 6,530,043  20
1844 2,397,752 5,460,967 1,782,420  00 1,037,050  00 23,977  52 2,843,447  52
1845 3,894,804 9,283,607 2,574,652  50 803,200  00 38,948  04 3,416,800  54
1846 4,120,800 7,447,335 2,234,655  00 1,347,580  00 41,208  00 3,623,443  00
1847 6,183,669 11,545,278 13,296,080  00 990,450  00 61,836  69 14,348,366  69
1848 6,415,799 8,691,444 2,780,930  00 420,050  00 64,157  99 3,265,137  99
1849 4,178,500 39,864 9,519,513 7,948,332  00 922,950  00 41,984  32 8,913,266  32
1850 4,426,844 39,812 10,039,535 27,756,445  50 409,600  00 44,467  50 28,210,513  00
1851 9,889,707 147,672 24,985,736 52,143,446  00 446,797  00 99,635  43 52,689,878  43
1852 5,063,094 32,612,949 51,505,638  50 847,410  00 50,630  9452,403,679  44
1853 6,641,131 129,694 69,775,537 52,191,618  94 7,852,571  00 67,059  78 60,111,249  72
Total   147,453,840   7,797,755   454,854,315   247,067,760  94   73,647,589  90   1,513,517  17   322,228,868  01


BRANCH MINT AT NEW ORLEANS.

Periods. GOLD COINAGE. SILVER COINAGE.
Double
eagles.
Eagles. Half
eagles.
Quarter
eagles.
Dollars. Dollars. Half
dollars.
Quarter dollars. Dimes. Half
dimes.
Trimes.
Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces.
1838 205,000 35,000
1839 17,346 115,000 690,000 460,000
1840 32,500 26,200 815,000 426,100 1,241,000 909,000
1841 4,500 6,350 7,180 367,000 452,500 2,007,500 815,000
1842 27,300 16,400 19,800 957,000 769,000 1,950,000 350,000
1843 175,062 179,075 290,002 2,268,000 518,000 150,000
1844 118,700 364,600 2,005,000 740,000 220,000
1845 47,500 41,000 2,094,000 230,000
1846 81,780 58,000 66,000 59,000 2,304,000
1847 571,500 12,000 124,000 2,584,000 368,000
1848 35,850 3,180,000 600,000
1849 23,900 215,000 2,310,000 300,000 140,000
1850 141,000 57,500 84,000 14,000 40,000 2,456,000 412,000 510,000 690,000
1851 315,000 263,000 41,000 148,000 290,000 402,000 88,000 400,000 860,000 720,000
1852 190,000 18,000 140,000 140,000 144,000 96,000 430,000 260,000
1853 71,000 51,000 290,000 1,328,000 1,332,000 1,100,000 2,360,000
Total   717,000   1,475,592   750,925   922,528   949,000   99,000   23,329,000   5,201,600   9,213,500   7,699,000   720,000


BRANCH MINT, NEW ORLEANS - Continued.

Periods. TOTAL COINAGE.
Number of
pieces coined.
Value of
gold.
Value of
silver.
Total value
coined.
1838 240,000 $22,250 $22,250
1839 1,282,346 $43,365 149,500 192,865
1840 3,449,800 228,000 683,575 911,575
1841 3,660,030 94,700 538,125 632,825
1842 4,089,500 404,500 883,250 1,287,750
1843 3,580,139 3,371,000 1,278,500 4,649,500
1844 3,448,300 3,010,000 1,198,500 4,208,500
1845 2,412,500 680,000 1,070,000 1,750,000
1846 2,568,780 1,272,800 1,211,000 2,483,800
1847 3,659,500 6,085,000 1,384,000 7,469,000
1848 3,815,850 358,500 1,620,000 1,978,500
1849 2,988,900 454,000 1,192,000 1,646,000
1850 4,404,500 3,619,000 1,456,500 5,075,500
1851 3,527,000 9,795,000 327,600 10,122,600
1852 1,418,000 4,470,000 152,000 4,622,000
1853 6,532,000 2,220,000 1,225,000 3,445,000
Total   51,077,145   36,105,865   14,391,800   50,497,665


BRANCH MINT, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

Periods. GOLD COINAGE. Total.
Half
eagles.
Quarter
eagles.
Dollars. Total.
Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Value.
1838 to 1847 269,424 123,576 393,000 $1,656,060  00
1848 64,472 16,788 81,260 364,330  00
1849 64,823 10,220 11,634 86,677 361,299  00
1850 63,591 9,148 6,966 79,705 347,791  00
1851 49,176 14,923 41,267 105,366 324,454  50
1852 72,574 9,772 9,434 91,780 396,734  00
1853 65,571 11,515 77,086 339,370  00
Total   649,631   184,427   80,816   914,874   3,790,038  50


BRANCH MINT, DAHLONEGA, GEORGIA.

Periods. GOLD COINAGE. Total.
Half
eagles.
Quarter
eagles.
Dollars. Total.
Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Value.
1838 to 1847 576,553 134,101 710,654 $3,218,017  50
1848 47,465 13,771 61,236 271,752  50
1849 39,036 10,945 21,588 71,569 244,130  50
1850 43,950 12,148 8,382 64,480 258,502  00
1851 62,710 11,264 9,882 83,856 351,592  00
1852 91,452 4,078 6,360 101,890 473,815  00
1853 89,678 3,178 6,583 99,439 462,918  00
Total   950,844   189,485   52,795   1,193,124   5,280,727  50


Summary exhibit of the coinage of the Mints to the close of the year 1853.

Mints. Commencement
of coinage.
Gold coinage. Silver coinage. Copper coinage. Entire coinage.
Value. Value. Value. Pieces. Value.
Philadelphia 1793 $247,067,760  94 $73,647,589  90 $1,513,517  17 454,854,315 $322,228,868  01
New Orleans 1838 36,105,865  00 14,391,800  00 51,077,145 50,497,665  00
Charlotte 1838 3,790,038  50 914,874 3,790,038  50
Dahlonega 1838 5,280,727  50 1,193,124 5,280,727  60
Total   292,244,391  94   88,039,389  90   1,513,517  17   508,039,458   381,797,299  01

C.

Statement of the amount of gold of domestic production deposited at the Mint of the United States and its Branches to the close of 1853.

MINT OF THE UNITED STATES, PHILADELPHIA.

Periods. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Tennessee. Alabama. New Mexico. California. Oregon. Various sources. Total.
1804 to 1827 $110,000 $110,000
1828 to 1837 $427,000 2,519,500 $327,500 $1,763,900 $12,400 $13,200 5,063,500
1838 to 1847 518,294 1,303,636 152,366 566,316 16,499 $45,493 21,037 2,623,641
1848 57,886 109,034 19,228 3,370 3,497 3,670 $682 $44,177 241,544
1849 129,382 102,688 4,309 10,525 2,739 2,977 32,889 5,481,439 144 5,767,092
1850 65,991 43,734 759 5,114 307 1,178 5,392 31,667,505 326 31,790,306
1851 69,052 49,440 12,338 2,490 126 817 890 46,939,367 47,074,520
1852 83,626 65,248 4,505 3,420 254 814 49,663,623 49,821,490
1853 52,200 45,690 3,522 1,912 3,632 52,732,227 $13,535 5,213 52,857,931
Total   1,403,431   4,348,970   524,527   2,357,047   35,568   54,389   44,299   186,528,338   13,535   39,920   195,350,024


BRANCH MINT AT NEW ORLEANS.

Periods. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Tennessee. Alabama. New Mexico. California. Oregon. Various sources. Total.
1838 to 1847 $741 $14,306 $37,364 $1,772 $61,903 $3,613 $119,699
1848 1,488 2,317 947 6,717 $1,124 12,593
1849 423 4,062 669,921 2,783 677,189
1850 3,560 4,575,567 894 4,580,021
1851 1,040 8,769,682 8,770,722
1852 3,777,784 3,777,784
1853 2,006,673 2,006,673
Total      741   16,217   39,681   2,719   77,282      19,800,751      7,290   19,944,681


BRANCH MINT AT CHARLOTTE, N. C.

Periods. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Tennessee. Alabama. New Mexico. California. Oregon. Various sources. Total.
1838 to 1847 $1,529,777 $143,941 $1,673,718
1848 359,075 11,710 370,785
1849 378,223 12,509 390,732
1850 307,289 13,000 320,289
1851 275,472 25,478 $15,111 316,061
1852 337,604 64,934 28,362 430,900
1853 227,847 61,845 15,465 305,157
Total 3,415,287 333,417 58,938 3,807,642


BRANCH MINT AT DAHLONEGA, GA.

Periods. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Tennessee. Alabama. New Mexico. California. Oregon. Various sources. Total.
1838 to 1847 $64,351 $95,427 $2,978,353 $32,175 $47,711 $3,218,017
1848 5,434 8,151 251,376 2,717 4,075 271,753
1849 4,882 7,323 225,824 2,441 3,661 244,131
1850 4,500 5,700 204,473 1,200 1,800 $30,025 247,698
1851 1,971 3,236 154,723 2,251 2,105 214,072 $951 379,309
1852 443 57,543 93,122 750 324,931 476,789
1853 2,085 33,950 56,984 149 359,122 452,290
Total 83,666 211,330 3,761,582 244,956 59,352 928,150 951 5,289,987


Summary exhibit of the entire deposites of domestic gold at the Mint and Branches to the close of 1853.

Mints. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Tennessee. Alabama. New Mexico. California. Oregon. Various sources. Total.
Philadelphia $1,403,431 $4,348,970 $524,527 $2,357,047 $35,568 $54,389 $44,299 $186,528,338 $13,535 $39,920 $195,350,024
New Orleans 741 16,217 39,681 2,719 77,282 19,800,751 7,290 19,944,681
Charlotte 3,415,287 333,417 58,938 3,807,642
Dahlonega 83,666 211,330 3,761,582 244,956 59,352 928,150 951 5,289,987
Total   1,403,431   7,848,664   1,085,491   6,158,310   283,243   191,023   44,299   207,316,177   13,535   48,161   224,392,334

D.

Statement of silver of domestic production deposited at the Mint of the United States and its branches from January 1, 1841, to December 31, 1853.

Year. Value.
1841 $4,300
1842 6,455
1843 8,640
1844 30,847
1845 4,769
1846 3,066
1847 6,407
1848 6,191
1849 39,112
1850 269,253
1851 389,471
1852 404,494
1853 417,279
  1,590,284