United States mint, for the year ending June 30, 1872, the gold values are computed according to the value of United States coins ($18 604 per oz. standard); the silver values according to the mint price for that year of silver ($1 224 per oz. standard).

GOLD.

coins other than those enumerated in the act |
is prohibited. It is provided that upon the
coins of the United States there shall be the
following devices and legends: Upon one side
an impression emblematic of liberty, with an
inscription of the word "Liberty" and the
year of the coinage; and upon the reverse the
figure of an eagle, with the inscriptions "Uni-
ted States of America" and "E Pluribus Unum,"
and a designation of the value of the coin; but
on the gold dollar and three-dollar piece, the
dime, five-, three-, and one-cent piece, the figure AUSTRIA.
of the eagle shall be omitted; and on the reverse
of the silver trade dollar the weight and the
fineness of the coin shall be inscribed; and the
motto "In God we trust" may be added when
practicable.-A new coinage has been struck
in Germany, having the mark worth 23.8 cents
as the unit, which after 1875 is to be the ex-
clusive specie currency of the empire. In the
following table of gold and silver coins of dif-
ferent countries, taken from the annual report
of the Hon. James Pollock, director of the

The following table, compiled from the last re- | aggregate United States coinage from the estabport of the director of the mint, exhibits the lishment of the mint in 1793 to June 30, 1873 :

JEWISH COINS.

Of the total gold coinage, $280,805,517 85 con-
sisted of bars; the silver bars amounted to $27,-
770,503 66. The number of gold coins struck
was 181,673,669; silver coins, 524,624,186; mi-
nor coins, 674,597,467, of which 105,522,000 Gerah
were five-cent pieces, 26,845,000 three-cent
pieces, 45,601,000 two-cent pieces, 488,644,244
one-cent pieces, and 7,985,223 half-cent pieces.
-For the process of coinage, see MINT; and for
ancient coins, NUMISMATIOS.-The subjoined ta-
bles exhibit the comparative value of the coins
of different countries and ages. The tables of
ancient coins are those of Dr. Arbuthnot, whose
authority, however, has been called in question.

0 16 13 91.5
1 0 9 5 03

0 18 1 4 38.5

The Grecian gold coin was the stater au- £ s. d. cts.
reus, weighing 2 Attic drachmas, or half of
the stater argenteus, and exchanging usu-
ally for 25 Attic drachmas of silver..
But according to our proportion of gold to
silver, it was worth..
There were likewise the stater Cyzicenus,
exchanging for 28 Attic drachmas, or.....
The stater Philippicus and stater Alexan-
drinus were of the same value.
The stater Daricus, according to Josephus,
was worth 50 Attic drachmas..
The stater Crosius was of the same value.

1 12 31 7 83

20 10 4 2 Denarius.... 0 73

The denarius and quinarius were of silver; the other coins were also of brass or copper, the three smaller being generally of the base metals.