Alabama, gold product of, 107.
Alexander the Great, coins of, 12,
Ancient constitutions of the mint, 16.

coins, dictionary of, 80.

Ancient mode of coinage, 9.

Belgium, coins of, 122.
Besant, 122.

Black money, 125.
Blondeau, inventor, 11.
Boise City, assay office, 78.

Danish coins, 9.

Alloy, 10, 13.

Angel, The, 124.

Annual report of mint U. S., 107.

trial of coinage, 51, 63.

Arizona, gold product of, 107.

As, The, 124.

Assay Master. 18, 39.

Assay Office, N. Y., created 1853, 71.

Boise City, 78.

and coinage, 73.

of manufactures, 25.

Bonds of officers U. S. Mint, 57, 64.
Boulton & Watt, new machinery by, 33.
Bounet Piece, 125.

Branch Mint of Denver, &c., 67, 71, 73,

75, 78.

Process of, 48.

Assayer U. S. Mint, 50.

report of, 59.

Assignat, The, 125.

Athelstane, coinage of, 8, 15.

Aureus, 125.

Australia, coins of, 122.

Austria, eoins of, 122.

Brucher, inventor of coining press, 10.
Bullion, assay of, 58.

certificates, 71.

fund, how applied, 63.

for refining, 66.

to be received for coinage, 58,
to be made into ingots, 60, 65.

Byzantines, 125.

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Canterbury and York, mints of, 7, 15.

Carolus, 126.

Caroline, 126.

Central America, coins of, 122.

Cent, 125.

Challies, 126.

Charges for coinage, 59.

for refining, 73.

Charlemagne, coinage of, 3.

Charles I, coinage, 24.

II, coinage of, 11, 24, 27, 28, 29.

II, standard, 27, 34,

Chester, branch mint, 29.
China, coins of, 122.

Chief Coiner Mint U. S., 57
Chili, coins of, 122.

Clarke on coins, quoted, 8.
Clippings at the mint, 62.
Coinage, ancient mode of, 9.
application of steam, 33.
charges for, 59.
early, 3, 9.

of light gold, 36,

history of, 1.

of brass, 8, 28.

of bullion, 65.

of copper, 229, 43, 107.

of gold, 26.

of pewter, 29.

of silver, 26.

of tin, 29.

privilege of, 14.

prerogative of the Crown, 43.
reforms in the, 29, 31.
standard of, 27.

social and political effects, 3.
Coining Press, invention af the, 10,
Coins, annual trial of, 62.

and Medals, list of works on, 119.
dictionary of, 80.
Colorado, gold product, 109.

branch mint in, 73.
Commonwealth coins of the, 24.
Consular coins 80.

Copper, coinage of, 2, 29, 43, 107
Coventry, mint at, 15.
Cowries, 126,

Gazette, coin, 131.

Gaul, early coins of, 3.

George I.. coins of, 24, 28.

III., "

23, 28, 31, 33.

Georgia, gold product of, 107.

Germany, coins of, 122.

Great Britain, history of coinage in, 1.

early mints of, 15.

coins, values of in U. S., 122.
gold of, 5.

legal tender in, 35.

Greece, coins of, 123.

Greek and Roman coins, 12.

Guilder, The, 128.

Groats, coinage of, 26, 131.
Guinea, coinage of, 30, 132.
depreciation of, 30, 31.
superseded, 35.

Lead, discovery of in England, 26.
Lamb, The, a coin, 133.

Legal tender, 23, 35.

of silver abolished, 23.

Light gold coins called in, 36.

Liverpool, Lord, on Seignorage, 20, 23.
Livre, origin of the, 3.

Locke, John, on coinage, 29, 30.

London Moneyers, tax paid by, 15.

new mint, 33, 35.

old mint, 15.
Tower of, 15.
Lusshebournes, 133.

Mancus, 133.

Mark (the) origin of, 8, 133.
Maryland, gold product of, 109.
Maryborough, Lord, 34.
Melter and Refiner, 56, 60, 69.
Mexico, coins of, 122.

Mill and Screw, origin of, 10.
Mints, ancient constitutions of, 16.
early, 15.

Saxon, 7.

Saxon and Norman, 14.
Board, established, 34.
English, 15, 35.

new coinage of, 35.
refinery created, 35.

new constitution of, 37, 42.
proposed reforms, 40.

routine of business, 44.
cuneator of the, 18.
shere of the, 21.

steam engines first used, 33.
Warden of the, 17.
Tower Hill, 33.

Mint, U. S. Assayer, 56.

annual report, 58, 107.
annual trial of coinage, 63.

bullion to be purchased, 64.

bullion fund of, 63.

bonds of officers, 57, 64.

branches authorized, 67, 68, 73,

75, 78.

certificates, 74.

charges for refining, 73.

chief coiner and engraver, 57.

clerks and assistants, 57.

commissioners, appointment of, 63.

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Mint, director of the, 56, 68, 70.
depository of public money, 70,
74, 76.

drafts for gold dust, 76.

melter and refiner, 56, 60, 69.
oaths of officers, 67, 75, 77.
profits of the, 66.

salaries of officers, 58.

silver to be purchased for, 64.
standard at, 61.

treasurer of the, 56, 60, 62, 69, 70.

Moidore, a coin, 133.
Mohur, a coin, 133.
Moeda, a coin, 133.

Money, materials of, 28.
Moneyers, abolished 42.

coinage by, 16, 18, 52.
King's (the) 19.

Montana, gold product of, 107.
Mushet, R., history of coinage, 1.

New Mexico, gold product of, 107.

New Orleans, branch mint, 67, 68.

coinage at, 109.

Pound sterling, 3, 9, 11, 13, 14.
Troy, 34.

of silver, 14, 23.
Prussia, coins of, 122.
Pyxing process, described, 51.
trial, London, 52.

Quinarins, a coin, 135.

Rappen, a coin, 135.
Real, a coin, 136.

Recoinage of light coins, 36
Rheedy, a coin, 136.
Ricardo, 32.

Richard I., coinage of, 17.
Rider, a coin, 136.

Ring money, 136.
Rix dollar, 136.

Rolling process, described, 51.
Roman money, early, 2, 5.
Rome, modern coins of, 122.
ancient coins of, 80.
Rouble, a coin, 136.
Ruding, on coins, 4, 6, 11, 16.
Rupee, a coin, 136.

Russia, ancient coins of, 80.
Russia, modern coins of, 122.

29, 31.

Seignorage, 20, 21, 23, 43.

abolished, 22.

Sceattæ, 7, 9, 133.

Scudi, 136.

Servius Tullius, money of, 2.

Sequin, a coin, 138.

Shekel, a coin, 136.

Shere, of the mint, 21.

Shilling, Saxon, 9, 136.
Silver, assay process, 49.

as legal tender, 23, 35.
bullion to be purchased, 64.
export prohibited, 25.

Silver coinage early, 21.

in Briton, 24.
new standard, 29.
ingots of, 49.
melting of, 48.
pound of, 14.

Skeattæ, 138.

Sitka, gold product of, 107.

Smith, Adam, on early coinage, 232.
Snelling, on silver coinage, 21.
Sovereigns, coinage of, 35, 138.
South Carolina, gold of, 107.
Sous marques, 137.
Spain, coins of, 122.

Tao money, 138.

Testoon, a coin, 139.

Tennessee, gold product, 107.
Thaler, a coin, 138.

Tower Hill, Mint removed to, 33.
Tokens, 139.

Tower of London, Mint in, 15, 33.
Touch Piece, 139.

Treasurer of Mint U. S., 61, 64.
Triens, a coin, 139.

Troy pound a coin, 66.

Warden, of the Mint, 17.

Washington territory, gold of, 107.
Waste, allowance for, 60.

William III, coinage of 15, 21, 23, 28, 29.
IV, coinage of, 23.

Wool, export duty on (1413,) 25.
Wyoming, gold product of, 107.

York and Canterbury, mints of. 7. 2.

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