INDEX.
Reading edition
Adjusting room, 32
American coinage, history of from 1792 to 1888
gold coins, 142
silver coins, 142
Amount coined in fiscal year, 136, 141
of coin in the United States, 142
Ancient coining, 2
Greek coins, 44
Persian coins, 45
Roman coins, 46
Annealing furnaces, 29
Architecture indebted to coins, 5
Assay, process of, 23
Assayers of Mint, list of, 118
Assaying gold, 24
silver, 25
rooms, 24
Barber, Charles E., Mint Engraver, 127
William, ”, 126
Bars manufactured at Mints during fiscal year, 136, 141
Bland dollar, history of, 62
Bond of indemnity signed by employees of first Mint, 1799, 17
Booth, James C., Melter and Refiner, 123
Boudinot, Elias, 102
Bosbyshell, Col. O. C., Coiner, 116
Boyd, N. B., Assistant Melter and Refiner, 124
Brazilian coins, 58
Bullion deposit and purchase of, 132
for the silver dollar coinage, 1887, 132
on hand at the Mints, 142
Brief explanation of terms commonly used in treating of bullion, Mint coinage and money (see glossary), 149
Cabinet of coins and relics, 41
Cashiers of the Mint, 128, 129
Childs, George H., Coiner, 116
Chinese coins, 51
Circulation of gold and silver in the United States, 138, 142
of silver dollars, 138
Cloud, Joseph, 123
Cobb, Mark H., Cashier, 128
Coinage Act of 1873, 99, 100
and milling rooms, 35
fiscal year 1887, 131
of first silver dollar, 15
Coiners of Mint, 114-118
Coins, classification of, 48-68
English, of the Commonwealth and Cromwell, 56, 57
issued at the Philadelphia Mint from its establishment in 1792 to 1888, 81-89
of Athens, 47
of China, 51
of Egypt, 45
of Ferdinand and Isabella, 67
of Siam, 50
prices current, 154-160
of Switzerland, 55
of Syria, 46
Colonial coins, 59
paper money, 133
pine tree money, 59
Comparison of expressing the fineness of Gold in thousandths and in carats, 148
Confederate coins (C. S. A.), 63
Copy of paper laid in corner stone of the Mint, 18
old pay roll, 12
Costumes on coins, 5
Cox, Albion, 128
Curator of the Mint, 129
Curiosities and minerals, 43
Deposit melting room, 23
weighing room, 21
DeSaussure, Henry William, Director, 101
Directors and Superintendents of Mints, 101-111
Dollar of 1804, history of, 64
standard, history of, 62
trade, history of, 61
Donations of old coins, 69
Double eagle of 1849, history of, 66
Du Bois, William E., Assayer, 121-123
Earnings of Mint and Assay Offices, 144
Eckfeldt, Adam, Coiner, 115
George N., M. D., Director, 103
Jacob B., Assayer, 118-120
English coins, 55, 56
silver tokens, 57
Engravers and die-sinkers at the Mint, 124-128
Engraving dies, 34
Egyptian coins, 54
Establishment of the Mint, 13
Estimated value of foreign coins (official table of), 146
Extract from Constitution of the United States relating to coining, 131
from expenditures of the Mint, fiscal year, 1887, 135
from resolution of Congress relating to Mint, 19
Family coins (Grecian), 47
First silver dollar coined, 14
First U. S. money coined, 15
Foreign coins, value of in United States money (table of), 146
Fox, Hon. Daniel M., Superintendent, 105-109
French coins, Marie Antoinette, etc., 54
German coins, 55
Glossary of Mint terms, 149
Gobrecht, Christian, 126
Gold and silver productions of the world, 137
coins of Oliver Cromwell, 57
and silver coins manufactured at the Philadelphia Mint since its establishment in 1792, 81-89
Gold Medallic ducat, head of Luther, 55
Golden daric, of Persia, 45
Grecian coins, 44
Greek Republic, 46
Gun money of James II, 57
Horatio C. Burchard, second director, extracts from the director’s last report, (Transcriber’s Note: No number was printed here, and it’s not at all clear what this refers to. Possibly the entry should have been edited out.)
Hamilton, Alexander, 92
Head of Jupiter Ammon (a specimen of), 47
of Minerva, with Greek helmet, 55
Heraldic emblems, 5
Historical sketch of first U. S. Mint, 7-10
History of coinage, ancient and modern, 1-6
of present U. S. Mint, 17
Humor pictured in medals and coins, 5
Incidents of history on coins, 4
Introduction, 1, 2
Japanese coins, 53
Jefferson, Thomas, 90, 91
“Joe” and half “Joe”, 58
Kimball, James Putnam, 93, 94
Key, William H., Assistant Engraver, 116
Kneass, William, Engraver, 114
Knox, John Jay, 95-98
Language upon coins and medals, 6
Linderman, Henry Richard, M. D., 104-107
Longacre, James B., Engraver, 115
McClure, R. A., Curator, 129
McCullough, Richard S., 123
Medals and Cabinet Coins, 153
partial list of, for sale at the Mint, 150-152
Melter and refiner’s office, 23
Melters and refiners of the Mint, 123, 124
Melting rooms, 26
Metallic money in Colonial times, 60
Mexican coins, 58
Money of Great Britain, 55
of the Chinese Empire, 51
French ”, 54
German ”, 55
Grecian ”, 46
past and present, 1
Roman Empire, 46
time of Moses, 46
Turkish Empire, 54
United States, 61
Moore, Samuel, M. D., Director, 102
Morgan, George T., Assistant Engraver, 127
Morris, Robert, diary of, 7
National medals, 150-152
New York doubloon, 61
Note to visitors of the Philadelphia Mint, 161
Notes on the early history of the Mint, 7-10
Oak tree money, 60
Oliver Cromwell, cast of, 42
Oriental coins, 50, 67
Pacific coast coins, 62
Paper money, aggregate issue in war times, 148
Parting and refining, 26
Patterson, Robert, LL. D., Director, 102
Robert M., Director, 102
Pay roll of first Mint, 12
Peale, Franklin, Coiner and Assayer, 115
Penny of William the Conqueror, 56
Persian coins, 45
“Peter,” the Eagle (Mint bird), 43
Pettit, Thomas M., Director, 103
Pine tree money, 59
Pollock, James, A. M., LL. D., Director, 103
Portraiture upon coins, 3
Portuguese and Spanish coins, 58
Pound sterling, Charles First, 56
Presidential medals, 151
Profits on silver coinage, 134
Progress in coining, 33
Rare coins, price list (approximate value), 154-160
Refining by acids, fiscal year 1887, 148
Relics, 42
Resolution of Congress establishing the Mint, 11
Richardson, John, Assayer, 129
Joseph, ”, 129
Rittenhouse, David, First Director, 101
Rolling gold and silver, 29
Rolling room, 28
Roman coins, imperial, 46
Rules and regulations of first Mint, 15-16
Rush, Benjamin, Treasurer, 116
Russian coins, 55
double rouble, head of Peter the Great, 55
Ryal or royal, of Queen Elizabeth, 56
Scot, Robert, Engraver, 125
Scotch groat, of Robert Bruce, 57
pennies, 57
Selections of rare coins, 66, 67
Separating room, 26
Silver bullion purchased and coined (see table), 132
Siamese coins, 50
Silver coins of the United States (see table), 132
Silver, first American, 14
Snowden, Col. A. Loudon, Coiner, Superintendent, 104
James Ross, LL.D., Superintendent, 103
Sovereign of Oliver Cromwell, 57
Specie and paper circulation of the United States (table of), 143
of the World (see table), 142
Standard weights, 129-131
Steel, William S., Coiner, 18, 116
Subsidiary coinage, 134, 150
Table of circulation of gold and silver, 142
Table showing where the precious metals in the U. S. come from, 139
“The temple sweepers,” Grecian coin, 49
Trade dollar, history of, 62
Trade dollars coined, exported, imported, melted and redeemed, Act of March 3, 1887, 134
Twenty dollar gold piece of 1849, 63
Turkish coins, 54
United States, coins, 61
Mint first established, 7
Mint test for gold and silver, 149
Valuable and rare coins, price-list of, 154-160
Value, in United States money, of one ounce Troy of gold, at different degrees of fineness, 160
Value of gold and silver received at the Mints and Assay Offices, 132
Value of foreign gold coins deposited at the New York Assay Office in 1887, 135
Value of foreign gold and silver coins in United States money, 146
Visiting the Mint, 20
Voigt, Henry, Coiner, 114
Washington coins and medals, 150
“Widow’s mite,” history of, 68
World’s coinage (table of), 143
Wright, Joseph, Engraver, 125