COINAGE OF THE MINTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THEIR ORGANIZATION, BY CALENDAR YEARS-(Continued).

$3,020 $4,259,900 $22,495,550 $1,763,400.00 $40,786,052.00 $28,518,850.00 3,030

Silver.

$45,916,500 $1,031,440 $1,427,470 $246,972 $1,160,650.00 28,889,260 6,120,320 3,727,155 9,090 331,225.00

1,541 27,560,100

8,135.00

1880.

17,749,120 21,715,160 22,831,765

3,108

7,490.00

1,636

1,987 27,397,355

1881

14,585,200 48,796,250 33,458,430

1,650

1,700.00

7,660

960 27,927,975

1882..

23,295,400 24,740.610 17,831,885

4,620

10,100.00

5,040

1,097

1883.

24,980,040 2,555,400 1,647,990

2.820

4,900.00

10,810

1884.

19,944,200 2,110,800 1,922,250

3,318

4,982.50

6,206

1885.

13,875,560

4,815,270

9,065,030 2,730

2,217.50

12,205

1886..

22,120 10,621,600

1887

5,662,420

8,706,800

18,282,160 9,560,435 18,480

3,426

10,220.00

6,016

15,705.00

8,543

1888

21,717,320

8,030,310

1,560,980

15,873

1889...

16,995,120

4,298,850

37.825

7,287

40,245.00 16,080 44,120.00

30,729

1890

19,399.080

755,430

290,640

22,032.50

1891

25,891,340

1,956 000

1,347,065

27,600.00

1892.

19,238,760

9.817,400

5,724,700

6,362.50

1893.

27,178,320 20,132,450

9,610,985

1894.. 48,350,800 26,032.780

5152,275

75,265.00
10,305.00

1878

$58,186.50 $78,363,088.50
39,080,080.00 27,569,776.00 165,003.00
1879
66,814,859.00
12,351.75 62,308,279.00 27,411,693.75 391,395.95 90,111,368.70 1880
11,228.75 96,870,890.00 27.940,163.75 428,151.75 125,219.205.50 1881
27,574,100 397,935.00 65,887,185.00 27,973,132.00 960,400.00
1-82
94,821,217.00
979 28,470,039 775,950.45 29,241,990.00 29,246,968.45 1,604,770.41 60,093,728.86 1883
28,136,875 397,991.15 23,991,756.50 28,534.866.15
28,697,767 264,409.20 27,773,012.50 28,962 176.20
31,423.886 662,823.90 28,945,542.00 32,086,709.90
33,611,710 1,579,371.40 23,972,3-3.00 35,191,081.40 1,215.686.26
31,990,833 1,034,773.45 31,380,808.00 33,025,606.45 912.200.78
34,651,811 844,872.15 21,413.931.00 35,496,683.15 1,"83,408.49
20,467,182.50 39,202,908.20 1,381,792.14
3,956,121.60 29,222,005.00 27,518,856.60 1,312,441.00
6,333,245 6,307,833.00 31,787,222.50 12,641,078.00 961,480.42
1,455.792 +7,347,005.30 56.997,020.00 8,802,797.30 1,134,931.70
3,093,972 6,106,378.85 79,546,160.00 9,200,350.85 438,177.92 89.184,688.77 1894
1,210,703,700 259,127,230 212,921,655 1,619,376 28,681,005.00 19,499,337 35,965,924 430,457,987 215,485,708.15 1,732,552,323.00 681,909,619.15 26,481,531.79 2,440,943,473.94|

+ Includes $2,036,058.25 in Columbian coins.

Coinage References-For table showing coinage at the French Mint, 1850-1865, see "History of Bimetallism," by J. L. Laughlin (N. Y., 1894), p. 354; similar able for each your from 1803 to 1875 in Shaw's "History of Currency" (1895), pp. 184, 185, and in " Bimetallism in France" (Sound Currency, Vol. II., No. 18).

* Includes $475,000 in Columbian coins.

COINAGE OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES BY PERIODS.

Silver florin calculated at coining rate, $0.482.

Silver florin calculated at coining rate, $0.4056, under the Coinage Act of August 2, 1892.

CREDIT INSTRUMENTS.

PERCENTAGE OF CREDIT INSTRUMENTS IN TOTAL RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL BANKS ON VARIOUS DATES.

[Compiled from Reports of the Comptroller of Currency.]

The above table summarizes the results of an investigation made by the Comptroller of the Currency in 1894. They indicate the relative amounts of cash and credit instruments respectively in the deposits in National banks, by retail merchants throughout the United States.

GOLD.

CURRENCY VALUE OF GOLD.

Table showing the Value in Currency of One Hundred Dollars in Gold in the New York Market, by Months, Quarter Years, Half Years, Calendar Years and Fiscal Years, January 1, 1862, to December 31, 1878, both inclusive.

[Bureau of Statistics Quarterly Reports, 1878-9, p. 116.]

PERIODS. 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878

Jan
Feb....
Mar.

Apr.
May

June..

July
Aug

102.5 145.1 155.5 216.2 140.1 134.6 138.5 135.6 121.3 110.7 109.1112.7 111.4 112.5 112.8 106.3 102.1 103.5 160.5 158.6 205.5 138.4 187.4 141.4 184.4 119.5 111.5 110.3 114.1 112.8 114.5 113.4 105.4 102 101.8 154.5 162.9 178.8 130.5 135 139.5 131.3 112.6 111 110.1 115.5 112.1 115.5 113.8 104.8 101.2 101.5 151.5 172.7149.5 127.8 185.6 138.7 182.9 113.1 110.6 111.1 117.8 118.4 114.8 118 106.2 100.6 103.8 148.9 176.3 135.6 131.8 137 139.6 139.2 114.7 111.5 113.7 117.7 112.4 115.8 112.6 106.9 100.7 106.5 144.5 210.7 140.1 148.7 137.5 140.1 188.1 112.9 112.4 113.9 116.5 111.3 117 112.5 105.4 100.8 115.5 180.6 258.1 142.1 151.6 139.4 142.7 136.1 116.8 112.4 114.3 115.7 110 114.8 111.9 105.4 100.5 114.5 125.8 254.1 143.5 148.7 140.8 145.5 134.2 117.9 112.4 114.4 115.4 109.7 113.5 111.2 105 100.5 118.5 134.2 222.5 148.9 145.5 143.4 143.6136.8 114.8 114.5 113.5 112.7 109.7 115.8 110 103.3 100.4 128.5 147.7 207.2 145.5 148.3 143.5 137.1 130.2 112.8 118.2 113.2 108.9 110 116.4 109.7 102.8 100.5 131.1 148 233.5 147 143.8 139.6 134.4 126.2 111.4 111.2 112.9 108.6 110.9 114.7 109.1 102.8 100.2 Dec....... 182.8 151.1227.5 146.2 186.7 134.8 135.2 121.5 110.7 109.3 112.2 110 111.7 113.9 107.9 102.8 100.1 1st qr. yr. 102.6 153.4 159 198.5 136.3 135.7 139.8 133.8 117.8 111.1 109.8 114.1 111.9 114.2 113.5 105.5 101.7 2d qr. yr.. 103.8 148.3 186.6 141.4 185.9 136.7 139.5 136.7 113.6 111.5 112.9 117.8 112.4 115.9 112.7 106.2 100.7 3d qr. yr.. 116.2 130.2 244.9 143.2 148.6 141.2 143.9 135.7 116.5 113.1 114.1 114.6 109.8 114.7 111 104.6 100.5 4th qr. yr. 130.6 148.9 222.7 146.2 142.9 139.3 135.6 126 111.6 111.2 112.8 109.2 110.9 115 108.9 102.8 100.3 1st half yr 103.2 150.8 172.8 169.9 136.1 136.2 139.6 185.8 115.7 111.3 111.4 115.7 112.2 115.1 118.1 105.9 101.2 2d half yr 123.4 189.6 233.8 144.7 145.8 140.3 13918 130.8 114 121.1 118.4 111.9 110.3 114.8 109.9 108.7 100.4

Sept.
Oct.
Nov....

Cal. yr... 113.3 145.2 203.3 157.3 140.9 138.2 139.7 133 114.9 111.7 112.4 113.8 111.2 114.9 111.5 104.3 100.8 Fiscal yr. ended

June 30. 101.6 137.1 156.2 201.9 140.4 141 139.9 137.5 123.8 112.7 111.8 114.6 112 112.7 113.9 107.9 102.5 NOTE.-The monthly figures are averages of daily quotations, each of which is the mean of four : the opening, highest, lowest and closing prices in New York.

For Gold Par Equivalents in the coinage of the chief nations see "The World's Currencies" (Sound Currency, vol. ii, No. 4); or Norman's "The World's Metal Monetary Systems."

For the Premium on Gold over silver in France from 1820 to 1847, see Gimn's "The Case against Bimetallism" (1895), pp. 225-34.

Table showing total and net amount of GOLD COIN and BULLION in the Treasury from latest returns received at the end of each month; together with monthly receipts from CUSTOMS at New York, and percentage of each kind of money received.

figures.

NOTE.-The figures above quoted for years prior to 1891 are averages of the corresponding monthly