1886 Mint Report

Appendix XXVI.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF THE MINT,
Washington, D.C., September 24, 1886.

SIR: Tables are herewith presented, taken from the report of the Annual Assay Commission and from assays made monthly in the Laboratory, under my charge, showing the number of coins and the fineness of each assayed of the coinage of the calendar year 1885.

Tables are also presented showing the percentages of coins of the various degrees of fineness to the whole number assyaed. The coins tested both by the Annual Assay Commission and by myself have been far within the legal limit of deviation for fineness allowed by law.

Very respectfully,

W. P. LAWYER,
Assayer, Mint Bureau.

Dr. JAMES P. KIMBALL,
Director of the Mint.

COINS OF THE SEVERAL DEGREES OF FINENESS IN PER CENTAGES OF THE WHOLE NUMBER OF COINS ASSAYED.

A. - GOLD.
Fineness. PHILADELPHIA. SAN FRANCISCO. CARSON. NEW ORLEANS. TOTAL. Total.
Annual. Monthly. Annual. Monthly. Annual. Monthly. Annual. Monthly. Annual. Monthly.
900.4 6.66 6.66 6.66
900.3 6.66 9.37 6.66 9.37 16.03
900.2 20.00 6.24 5.55 20.00 11.79 31.79
900.1 13.33 9.36 4.63 13.33 13.99 27.32
900 standard 13.33 59.37 18.18 17.59 50 50 81.51 126.96 208.47
899.9 26.66 15.62 13.62 17.59 50 40.28 83.21 123.49
899.8 13.33 22.72 23.15 50 86.05 23.15 109.20
899.7 4.54 11.11 4.54 11.11 15.65
899.6 18.18 12.96 18.18 12.96 31.14
899.5 18.18 3.70 18.18 3.70 21.88
899.4 4.54 .93 4.54 .93 5.47
899.3 2.77 2.77 2.77
 
Average fineness   900.046 900.053 899.736 899.823 899.900 899.950
Melted in mass   900 899.875
 
B. - SILVER.
 
901.6 2.70 1.92 4.62 4.62
901.5
901.4
901.3 20.00 .96 20.00 .96 20.96
901.2 5.40 1.92 7.32 7.32
901.1 2.70 2.70 2.70
901
900.9 8.33 .96 8.33 .96 9.29
900.8 .85 42.84 3.84 47.53 47.53
900.7 3.41 8.11 28.56 8.33 3.84 8.33 43.92 52.25
900.6 .85 .85 .85
900.5 4.27 1.92 6.19 6.19
900.4 7.69 20.00 2.70 28.56 8.33 3.84 56.89 14.23 71.12
900.3 7.69 5.40 6.72 19.81 19.81
900.2 8.33 5.12 20.00 2.70 42.84 28.56 8.33 7.68 79.50 44.06 123.56
900.1 5.98 5.40 1.92 13.30 13.30
900 standard 25.00 9.40 7.68 25.00 17.08 42.08
899.9 8.33 8.54 8.11 3.84 8.33 20.49 28.82
899.8 16.66 12.82 2.70 33.32 11.53 49.98 27.05 77.03
899.7 11.95 9.61 21.56 21.56
899.6 16.66 4.27 13.51 16.66 7.68 33.32 25.46 58.78
899.5 6.84 5.76 12.60 12.60
899.4 .85 .96 1.81 1.81
899.3 8.33 5.12 10.81 16.66 6.72 24.99 22.65 47.64
899.2 .85 5.76 6.61 6.61
899.1 1.70 20.00 28.56 1.92 48.56 3.62 52.18
899 2.70 2.70 2.70
898.9 16.66 .85 20.00 16.21 1.92 36.66 18.98 55.64
898.8 8.11 8.11 8.11
898.7 2.70 2.70 2.70
898.6
898.5
898.4
898.3 .96 .96 .96
898.2 .85 .85 .85
 
Average fineness   899.666 899.918 899.980 899.750 899.942 900.600 899.944 899.925
Melted in mass   900   900   900.2   900
 

TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF COINS AND FINENESS OF EACH FROM THE COINAGE OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 1885, ASSAYED AT THE ANNUAL ASSAY, AND MONTHLY AT THE MINT BUREAU.

C. - GOLD.
Fineness. PHILADELPHIA. SAN FRANCISCO. CARSON. NEW ORLEANS.
Annual. Monthly. Annual. Monthly. Annual. Monthly. Annual. Monthly.
Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces. Pieces.
900.4 1
900.3 1 3
900.2 3 2 6
900.1 2 3 5
900 standard 2 19 4 19 1 1
899.9 4 5 3 19 1
899.8 2 5 25 1
899.7 1 12
899.6 4 14
899.5 4 4
899.4 1 1
899.3 3
 
Total pieces 15 32 22 108 2 2
 
Average fineness 900.046 900.053 899.736 899.823 899.900 899.950
 
D. - SILVER.
 
901.6 1 2 2
901.5
901.4
901.3 1 1
901.2 2 2
901.1 1
901
900.9 1 1
900.8 1 3 4
900.7 4 3 2 1 4
900.6 1
900.5 5 2
900.4 9 1 1 2 1 4
900.3 9 2 7
900.2 1 6 1 1 3 2 1 8
900.1 7 2 2
900 standard 3 11 8
899.9 1 10 3 4
899.8 2 15 1 4 12
899.7 14 10
899.6 2 5 5 2 8
899.5 8 6
899.4 1 1
899.3 1 6 4 2 7
899.2 1 6
899.1 2 1 2 2
899 1
898.9 2 1 1 6 2
898.8 3
898.7 1
898.6
898.5
898.4
898.3 1
898.2 1
 
Total pieces 12 117 5 37 7 7 14 104
 
Average fineness 899.666 899.918 899.980 899.750 899.942 900.600 899.944 899.925