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Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
To the House of Representatives:
I transmit, herewith, the annual report of the director of the mint at Philadelphia, exhibiting the operations of the mint and branch mints for the past year.
JOHN TYLER.
Washington, D.C., January 20, 1844.
Mint of the United States,
Philadelphia, January 18, 1844.
Sir: I have the honor to lay before you the following report of the operations of the mint and its branches during the past year:
The coinage at the principal mint in 1843 amounted to $6,530,043 20; comprising $4,062,010 in gold, $2,443,750 in silver, and $24,283 20 in copper coins, and composed of 10,405,233 pieces. The deposites of gold, within the year, amounted to $4,107,807, and those of silver to $2,357,830.
At the New Orleans branch mint, the coinage amounted to $4,568,000; comprising $3,177,000 in gold, and $1,391,000 in silver coins, and composed of 4,030,239 pieces. The deposites for coinage amounted to $3,138,990 in gold, and $1,384,320 in silver.
The branch mint at Dahlonega received, during the year, deposites of gold to the value of $570,080, and its coinage amounted to $582,782 50; composed of 98,452 half-eagles and 36,209 quarter-eagles.
The branch mint at Charlotte received deposites of gold to the value of $272,064, and its coinage amounted to $287,005; composed of 44,353 half-eagles and 26,096 quarter-eagles.
The subjoined tables (A, B, C, D) embrace many details of interest respecting the operations of the several mints; and, in particular, exhibit the following facts, to which I beg leave to call your attention.
The whole coinage in the United States, during the past year, amounts to within a small fraction of $12,000,000, and exceeds, by more than one-half, that of any former year. Of this coinage, more than $8,000,000 is in gold; showing a greater proportion to silver than has heretofore been presented.
The branch mints at Charlotte and Dahlonega have each coined nearly double the amount which they have reached in any former year, and the New Orleans mint nearly quadruple.
The production of the gold-mines of the United States, as indicated by the amount sent to the mints, exceeds that of any former year.
I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, your faithful servant,
R.M. PATTERSON,
Director of the Mint.
The President of the United States.
Statement of deposites and coinage at the Mint of the United States and branches, in the year 1843.
| DEPOSITES. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mints. | Gold. | Silver. | Total gold and silver. | |||||||
| U.S. coins, old standard. | Foreign coins. | United States bullion. | Foreign bullion. | Total. | Foreign coins. | Foreign bullion. | U.S. bullion. | Total. | ||
| Charlotte, N.C. | $272,064 | $272,064 | $272,064 | |||||||
| Dahlonega, Georgia | 570,080 | 570,080 | 570,080 | |||||||
| New Orleans | $1,257 | $3,081,962 | 22,573 | $33,198 | 3,138,990 | $1,359,621 | $24,699 | $1,381,320 | 4,523,310 | |
| Philadelphia | 26,994 | 3,548,632 | 180,728 | 351,453 | 4,107,807 | 2,101,198 | 247,992 | $8,640 | 2,357,830 | 6,465,637 |
| Dahlonega, Georgia | ||||||||||
| 28,251 | 6,630,594 | 1,045,445 | 381,651 | 8,088,941 | 3,460,819 | 272,691 | 8,640 | 3,742,150 | 11,831,091 | |
| COINAGE. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mints. | Gold. | Silver. | Copper. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Eagles. | Half eagles. | Quarter eagles. | Value. | Dollars. | Half dollars. | Quarter dollars. | Dimes. | Half dimes. | Value. | Cents. | Value. | Number. | Value. | ||||
| Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Dollars. | ||||
| Charlotte, N.C. | 44,353 | 26,096 | 287,005 | 00 | 70,449 | 287,005 | 00 | ||||||||||
| Dahlonega, Geo. | 98,452 | 36,209 | 582,782 | 50 | 134,661 | 582,782 | 50 | ||||||||||
| New Orleans | 175,162 | 101,075 | 368,002 | 3,177,000 | 00 | 2,268,000 | 968,000 | 150,000 | 1,391,000 | 4,030,239 | 4,568,000 | 00 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 75,462 | 611,205 | 100,546 | 4,062,010 | 00 | 165,100 | 3,844,000 | 645,600 | 1,370,000 | 1,165,000 | 2,443,750 | 2,428,320 | 24,283 | 20 | 10,405,233 | 6,530,043 | 20 |
| Dahlonega, Geo. | |||||||||||||||||
| 250,624 | 855,085 | 530,853 | 8,108,797 | 50 | 165,100 | 6,112,000 | 1,613,600 | 1,520,000 | 1,165,000 | 3,834,750 | 2,428,320 | 24,283 | 20 | 14,640,582 | 11,967,830 | 70 | |
Statement of the annual amounts of deposites of gold, for coinage, at the mint of the United States and its branches, from mines in the United States.
| Periods. | Deposited at the United States mint. | Deposited at the branch mints. | Mint and branches. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia. | North Carolina. |
South Carolina. |
Georgia. | Tennessee. | Alabama. | Various sources. |
Total at the U.S. mint. | Branch mint at Charlotte, N.C. | Branch mint at Dahlonega, Geo. | Branch mint at New Orleans. | Total at the Branch mints. | Total deposites of U.S. gold. | |
| 1824 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | ||||||||||
| 1825 | 17,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | ||||||||||
| 1826 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||||||
| 1827 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | ||||||||||
| 1828 | 46,000 | 46,000 | 46,000 | ||||||||||
| 1829 | $2,500 | 134,000 | $3,500 | 140,000 | 140,000 | ||||||||
| 1830 | 24,000 | 204,000 | 26,000 | $212,000 | 466,000 | 466,000 | |||||||
| 1831 | 26,000 | 294,000 | 22,000 | 176,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | 520,000 | 520,000 | |||||
| 1832 | 34,000 | 458,000 | 45,000 | 140,000 | 1,000 | 678,000 | 678,000 | ||||||
| 1833 | 104,000 | 475,000 | 66,000 | 216,000 | 7,000 | 868,000 | 868,000 | ||||||
| 1834 | 62,000 | 380,000 | 38,000 | 415,000 | 3,000 | 898,000 | 898,000 | ||||||
| 1835 | 60,400 | 263,500 | 42,400 | 319,900 | 100 | 12,200 | 698,500 | 698,500 | |||||
| 1836 | 62,000 | 148,100 | 55,200 | 201,400 | 300 | 467,000 | 467,000 | ||||||
| 1837 | 52,100 | 116,900 | 29,400 | 83,600 | 282,000 | 282,000 | |||||||
| 1838 | 55,000 | 66,000 | 13,000 | 36,000 | 1,500 | 200 | 171,700 | $127,000 | $135,700 | $700 | $263,400 | 435,100 | |
| 1839 | 57,600 | 53,500 | 6,300 | 20,300 | 300 | $500 | 138,500 | 126,836 | 113,035 | 6,869 | 246,740 | 385,240 | |
| 1840 | 38,995 | 36,804 | 5,319 | 91,113 | 104 | 4,431 | 176,766 | 124,726 | 121,858 | 2,835 | 249,419 | 426,185 | |
| 1841 | 25,736 | 76,431 | 3,440 | 139,796 | 1,212 | 1,863 | 248,478 | 129,847 | 161,974 | 1,818 | 293,639 | 542,117 | |
| 1842 | 42,163 | 61,629 | 223 | 150,276 | 5,579 | 13,717 | 273,587 | 174,508 | 323,372 | 5,630 | 503,510 | 777,097 | |
| 1843 | 48,148 | 62,873 | 5,099 | 56,619 | 2,788 | 4,786 | 415 | 180,728 | 272,064 | 570,080 | 22,573 | 864,717 | 1,045,445 |
| 694,642 | 2,939,737 | 360,881 | 2,258,004 | 18,304 | 17,159 | 27,532 | 6,316,259 | 954,981 | 1,426,019 | 40,425 | 2,421,425 | 8,737,684 | |
Statement of the amounts coined annually at the branch mints, from the commencement of their operations until December 31, 1843.
| Mints and periods. | Gold. | Silver. | Total. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagles. | Half eagles. | Quarter eagles. | Total of gold. | Half dollars. | Quarter dollars. | Dimes. | Half dimes. | Total of silver. | Whole coinage. | |||||
| Number. | Value. | Number. | Value. | Number. | Value. | |||||||||
| Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Dollars. | ||
| Charlotte, N.C.: | ||||||||||||||
| 1838 | 12,886 | 7,894 | 20,780 | 84,165 | 20,780 | 84,165 | ||||||||
| 1839 | 23,467 | 18,173 | 41,640 | 162,767 | 41,640 | 162,767 | ||||||||
| 1840 | 18,994 | 12,834 | 31,828 | 127,055 | 31,828 | 127,055 | ||||||||
| 1841 | 21,467 | 10,281 | 31,748 | 133,038 | 31,748 | 133,038 | ||||||||
| 1842 | 27,480 | 8,642 | 36,122 | 159,005 | 36,122 | 159,005 | ||||||||
| 1843 | 44,353 | 26,096 | 70,449 | 287,005 | 70,449 | 287,005 | ||||||||
| Charlotte, N.C.: | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 148,647 | 83,920 | 232,567 | 953,035 | 232,567 | 953,035 | ||||||||
| Dahlonega, Ga.: | ||||||||||||||
| 1838 | 20,583 | 20,583 | 102,915 | 20,583 | 102,915 | |||||||||
| 1839 | 18,939 | 13,674 | 32,613 | 128,880 | 32,613 | 128,880 | ||||||||
| 1840 | 22,896 | 3,532 | 26,428 | 123,310 | 26,428 | 123,310 | ||||||||
| 1841 | 30,495 | 4,164 | 34,659 | 162,885 | 34,659 | 162,885 | ||||||||
| 1842 | 59,608 | 4,643 | 64,251 | 309,648 | 64,251 | 309,648 | ||||||||
| 1843 | 98,452 | 36,209 | 134,661 | 582,782 | 134,661 | 582,782 | ||||||||
| Total | 250,973 | 62,222 | 313,195 | 1,410,420 | 313,195 | 1,410,420 | ||||||||
| New Orleans: | ||||||||||||||
| 1838 | 402,430 | 402,430 | 40,243 | 402,430 | 40,243 | |||||||||
| 1839 | 9,396 | 9,396 | 23,490 | 116,000 | 1,291,600 | 1,060,000 | 2,467,600 | 240,160 | 2,476,996 | 263,650 | ||||
| 1840 | 30,400 | 26,200 | 56,600 | 217,500 | 855,100 | 425,200 | 1,175,000 | 935,000 | 3,390,300 | 698,100 | 3,446,900 | 915,600 | ||
| 1841 | 2,500 | 8,350 | 7,380 | 18,230 | 85,200 | 401,000 | 452,000 | 2,007,500 | 815,000 | 3,675,500 | 555,000 | 3,693,730 | 640,200 | |
| 1842 | 27,400 | 16,400 | 19,800 | 63,600 | 405,500 | 957,000 | 769,000 | 2,020,000 | 350,000 | 4,096,000 | 890,250 | 4,159,600 | 1,295,750 | |
| 1843 | 175,162 | 101,075 | 368,002 | 644,239 | 3,177,000 | 2,268,000 | 968,000 | 150,000 | 3,386,000 | 1,391,000 | 4,030,239 | 4,568,000 | ||
| Total | 205,062 | 156,225 | 430,778 | 792,065 | 3,908,690 | 4,597,100 | 2,614,200 | 7,046,530 | 3,160,000 | 17,417,830 | 3,814,753 | 18,209,895 | 7,723,443 | |
| Sum of totals | 205,062 | 555,845 | 576,920 | 1,337,827 | 6,272,145 | 4,597,100 | 2,614,200 | 7,046,530 | 3,160,000 | 17,417,830 | 3,814,753 | 18,755,657 | 10,086,898 | |
Coinage of the mint of the United States in the several years from its establishment in 1792, and including the coinage of the branch mints from the commencement of their operations, in 1838.
| Years. | GOLD. | SILVER. | COPPER. | WHOLE COINAGE. | |||||
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| Value. | Value. | Value. | No. of pieces. | Value. | |||||
| 1792 to 1795 |
$71,485 | 00 | $370,683 | 80 | $11,373 | 00 | 1,834,420 | $453,541 | 80 |
| 1796 | 102,727 | 50 | 79,077 | 50 | 10,324 | 40 | 1,219,370 | 192,129 | 40 |
| 1797 | 103,422 | 50 | 12,591 | 45 | 9,510 | 34 | 1,095,165 | 125,524 | 29 |
| 1798 | 205,610 | 00 | 330,291 | 00 | 9,797 | 00 | 1,368,241 | 545,698 | 00 |
| 1799 | 213,285 | 00 | 423,515 | 00 | 9,106 | 68½ | 1,365,681 | 645,906 | 68½ |
| 1800 | 317,760 | 00 | 224,296 | 00 | 29,279 | 40 | 3,337,972 | 571,335 | 40 |
| 1801 | 422,570 | 00 | 74,758 | 00 | 13,628 | 37 | 1,571,390 | 510,956 | 37 |
| 1802 | 423,310 | 00 | 58,343 | 00 | 34,422 | 83 | 3,615,869 | 516,075 | 83 |
| 1803 | 258,377 | 50 | 87,118 | 00 | 25,203 | 03 | 2,780,830 | 370,698 | 53 |
| 1804 | 258,642 | 50 | 100,340 | 50 | 12,844 | 94 | 2,046,839 | 371,827 | 94 |
| 1805 | 170,367 | 50 | 149,388 | 50 | 13,483 | 48 | 2,260,361 | 333,239 | 48 |
| 1806 | 324,505 | 00 | 471,319 | 00 | 5,260 | 00 | 1,815,409 | 801,084 | 00 |
| 1807 | 437,495 | 00 | 597,448 | 75 | 9,652 | 21 | 2,731,345 | 1,044,595 | 96 |
| 1808 | 284,665 | 00 | 684,300 | 00 | 13,090 | 00 | 2,935,888 | 982,055 | 00 |
| 1809 | 169,375 | 00 | 707,376 | 00 | 8,001 | 53 | 2,861,834 | 884,752 | 53 |
| 1810 | 501,435 | 00 | 638,773 | 50 | 15,660 | 00 | 3,056,418 | 1,155,868 | 50 |
| 1811 | 497,905 | 00 | 608,340 | 00 | 2,495 | 95 | 1,649,570 | 1,108,740 | 95 |
| 1812 | 290,435 | 00 | 814,029 | 50 | 10,755 | 00 | 2,761,646 | 1,115,219 | 50 |
| 1813 | 477,140 | 00 | 620,951 | 50 | 4,180 | 00 | 1,755,331 | 1,102,271 | 50 |
| 1814 | 77,270 | 00 | 561,687 | 50 | 3,578 | 30 | 1,833,859 | 642,535 | 80 |
| 1815 | 3,175 | 00 | 17,308 | 00 | 69,867 | 20,483 | 00 | ||
| 1816 | 28,575 | 75 | 28,209 | 82 | 2,888,135 | 56,785 | 57 | ||
| 1817 | 607,783 | 50 | 39,484 | 00 | 5,163,967 | 647,267 | 50 | ||
| 1818 | 242,940 | 00 | 1,070,454 | 50 | 31,670 | 00 | 5,537,084 | 1,345,064 | 50 |
| 1819 | 258,615 | 00 | 1,140,000 | 00 | 26,710 | 00 | 5,074,723 | 1,425,325 | 00 |
| 1820 | 1,319,030 | 00 | 501,680 | 70 | 44,075 | 50 | 6,492,509 | 1,864,786 | 20 |
| 1821 | 189,325 | 00 | 825,762 | 45 | 3,890 | 00 | 3,139,249 | 1,018,977 | 45 |
| 1822 | 88,980 | 00 | 805,806 | 50 | 20,723 | 39 | 3,813,788 | 915,509 | 89 |
| 1823 | 72,425 | 00 | 895,550 | 00 | 2,166,485 | 967,975 | 00 | ||
| 1824 | 93,200 | 00 | 1,752,477 | 00 | 12,620 | 00 | 4,786,894 | 1,858,297 | 00 |
| 1825 | 156,385 | 00 | 1,564,583 | 00 | 14,926 | 00 | 5,178,760 | 1,735,894 | 00 |
| 1826 | 92,245 | 00 | 2,002,090 | 00 | 16,344 | 25 | 5,774,434 | 2,110,679 | 25 |
| 1827 | 131,565 | 00 | 2,869,200 | 00 | 23,577 | 32 | 9,097,845 | 3,024,342 | 32 |
| 1828 | 140,145 | 00 | 1,575,600 | 00 | 25,636 | 24 | 6,196,853 | 1,741,381 | 24 |
| 1829 | 295,717 | 50 | 1,994,578 | 00 | 16,580 | 00 | 7,674,501 | 2,306,875 | 50 |
| 1830 | 643,105 | 00 | 2,495,400 | 00 | 17,115 | 00 | 8,357,191 | 3,155,620 | 00 |
| 1831 | 714,270 | 00 | 3,175,600 | 00 | 33,603 | 60 | 11,792,284 | 3,923,473 | 60 |
| 1832 | 798,435 | 00 | 2,579,000 | 00 | 23,620 | 00 | 9,128,387 | 3,401,055 | 00 |
| 1833 | 978,550 | 00 | 2,759,000 | 00 | 28,160 | 00 | 10,307,790 | 3,765,710 | 00 |
| 1834 | 3,954,270 | 00 | 3,415,002 | 00 | 19,151 | 00 | 11,637,643 | 7,388,423 | 00 |
| 1835 | 2,186,175 | 00 | 3,443,003 | 00 | 39,489 | 00 | 15,996,342 | 5,668,667 | 00 |
| 1836 | 4,135,700 | 00 | 3,606,100 | 00 | 23,100 | 00 | 13,719,333 | 7,764,900 | 00 |
| 1837 | 1,148,305 | 00 | 2,096,010 | 00 | 55,583 | 00 | 13,010,721 | 3,299,898 | 00 |
| 1838 | 1,809,595 | 00 | 2,333,243 | 00 | 63,702 | 00 | 15,780,311 | 4,206,540 | 00 |
| 1839 | 1,355,885 | 00 | 2,189,296 | 00 | 31,286 | 61 | 11,811,594 | 3,576,467 | 61 |
| 1840 | 1,675,302 | 50 | 1,726,703 | 00 | 24,627 | 00 | 10,558,240 | 3,426,632 | 50 |
| 1841 | 1,091,597 | 50 | 1,132,750 | 00 | 15,973 | 67 | 8,811,968 | 2,240,321 | 17 |
| 1842 | 1,834,170 | 50 | 2,332,750 | 00 | 23,833 | 90 | 11,743,153 | 4,190,754 | 40 |
| 1843 | 8,108,797 | 50 | 3,834,750 | 00 | 24,283 | 20 | 14,640,582 | 11,967,830 | 70 |
| 39,125,688 | 00 | 62,384,684 | 90 | 979,620 | 96 | 284,248,071 | 102,489,993 | 86 | |