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Read, and laid upon the table.
To the House of Representatives of the United States:
I transmit, herewith, the annual report of the Director of the mint at Philadelphia, showing the operations of the mint and branch mints for the year 1845.
JAMES K. POLK.
Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 1846.
Mint of the United States,
Philadelphia, January 15, 1846.
Sir: I have the honor to lay before you the following report of the operations of the mint and branch mints, during the last year.
The coinage at the principal mint amounted to $3,416,800, comprising $2,574,652 in gold, $803,200 in silver, and $38,948 in copper coins, and composed of 9,283,607 pieces. The deposites of gold within the year amounted to $2,578,494, and those of silver to $815,415.
At the New Orleans branch mint, the coinage amounted to $1,750,000, comprising $680,000 in gold, and $1,070,000 in silver coins, and composed of 2,412,500 pieces. The deposites for coinage amounted to $646,980 in gold, and $1,058,071 in silver.
The branch mint at Dahlonega received, during the year, deposites of gold to the value of $498,632, and its coinage amounted to $501,795, composed of 90,629 half eagles, and 19,460 quarter eagles.
The whole coinage for the year, at the three mints in operation, amounted to $5,668,595, comprising $3,756,447 in gold, $1,873,200 in silver, and $38,948 in copper coins.
Many details of interest relating to the mint operations of the year, and former years, are presented in the subjoined tables.
The rebuilding of the branch mint at Charlotte, for which provision was made at the last session of Congress, has been advancing under the charge of the superintendent, and the erection of the walls is now completed. The new machinery was made in the workshop of the Philadelphia mint, and has been finished and forwarded to Charlotte. It is believed, therefore, that in the course of a few months, operations may be again commenced at this branch.
I have the honor to be, 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 1845.
| MINTS. | DEPOSITES. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold. | Silver. | Total. | ||||||||
| U.S. coins, old standard. | Foreign coins. | U.S. bullion. | Foreign bullion. | Total. | Foreign coins. | Foreign bullion. | U.S. bullion. | Total. | Gold and silver. | |
| Charlotte, N.C. | ||||||||||
| Dahlonega, Ga. | $498,632 | $498,632 | $498,632 | |||||||
| New Orleans | $1,980 | $618,315 | 20,313 | $6,372 | 646,980 | $1,047,145 | $10,926 | $1,058,071 | 1,705,051 | |
| Philadelphia | 27,793 | 1,935,703 | 489,382 | 125,616 | 2,578,494 | 732,437 | 78,209 | $4,769 | 815,415 | 3,393,909 |
| Dahlonega, Ga. | ||||||||||
| 29,773 | 2,554,018 | 1,008,327 | 131,988 | 3,724,106 | 1,779,582 | 89,135 | 4,769 | 1,873,486 | 5,597,592 | |
| Mints. | COINAGE. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. cts. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Dollars. cts. | Pieces. | Dollars. cts. | ||||
| Charlotte, N.C. | |||||||||||||||||
| Dahlonega, Ga. | 90,629 | 19,460 | 501,795 | 00 | 110,089 | 501,795 | 00 | ||||||||||
| New Orleans | 47,500 | 41,000 | 680,000 | 00 | 2,094,000 | 230,000 | 1,070,000 | 2,412,500 | 1,750,000 | 00 | |||||||
| Philadelphia | 26,153 | 417,099 | 91,051 | 2,547,652 | 50 | 24,500 | 589,000 | 922,000 | 1,755,000 | 1,564,000 | 803,200 | 3,894,804 | 38,948 | 04 | 9,283,607 | 3,416,800 | 54 |
| Dahlonega, Ga. | |||||||||||||||||
| 73,653 | 548,728 | 110,511 | 3,756,447 | 50 | 24,500 | 2,683,000 | 922,000 | 1,985,000 | 1,564,000 | 1,873,200 | 3,894,804 | 38,948 | 04 | 11,806,196 | 5,668,595 | 54 | |
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, Ga. | 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 |
| 1844 | 40,595 | 194,917 | 11,856 | 30,739 | 2,240 | 12,298 | 2,377 | 295,022 | 167,348 | 479,794 | 25,036 | 672,178 | 967,200 |
| 1845 | 86,783 | 365,886 | 5,386 | 17,325 | 3,202 | 6,472 | 4,328 | 489,382 | 498,632 | 20,313 | 518,945 | 1,008,327 | |
| 822,020 | 3,500,540 | 378,123 | 2,306,068 | 23,746 | 35,929 | 34,237 | 7,100,663 | 1,122,329 | 2,404,445 | 85,774 | 3,612,548 | 10,713,211 | |
Statement of the amounts coined annually at the branch mints, from the commencement of their operations to December 31, 1845.
| 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 | ||||||||
| 1844 | 23,631 | 11,622 | 35,253 | 147,210 | 35,253 | 147,210 | ||||||||
| Charlotte, N.C.: | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 172,278 | 95,542 | 267,820 | 1,100,245 | 267,820 | 1,100,245 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 1844 | 88,982 | 17,332 | 106,314 | 488,600 | 106,314 | 488,600 | ||||||||
| 1845 | 90,629 | 19,460 | 110,089 | 501,795 | 110,089 | 501,795 | ||||||||
| Total | 430,584 | 99,014 | 529,598 | 2,400,815 | 529,598 | 2,400,815 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||
| 1844 | 118,700 | 364,600 | 483,300 | 3,010,000 | 2,005,000 | 740,000 | 220,000 | 2,965,000 | 1,198,500 | 3,448,300 | 4,208,500 | |||
| 1845 | 47,500 | 41,000 | 88,500 | 680,000 | 2,094,000 | 230,000 | 2,324,000 | 1,070,000 | 2,412,500 | 1,750,000 | ||||
| Total | 371,262 | 561,825 | 430,778 | 1,363,865 | 7,598,690 | 8,696,100 | 3,354,200 | 7,276,530 | 3,380,000 | 22,706,830 | 6,083,253 | 24,070,695 | 13,681,943 | |
| Aggregate | 371,262 | 1,164,687 | 625,334 | 2,161,283 | 11,099,750 | 8,696,100 | 3,354,200 | 7,276,530 | 3,380,000 | 22,706,830 | 6,083,253 | 24,868,013 | 17,183,003 | |
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. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value. | Value. | Value. | No. of pieces. | Value. | |||||
| 1793 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 | 68 | 1,365,681 | 645,906 | 68 |
| 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 |
| 1844 | 5,428,230 | 00 | 2,235,550 | 00 | 23,987 | 52 | 9,051,834 | 7,687,767 | 52 |
| 1845 | 3,756,447 | 50 | 1,873,200 | 00 | 38,948 | 04 | 11,806,196 | 5,668,595 | 54 |
| 48,310,365 | 50 | 66,493,434 | 90 | 1,042,556 | 52 | 305,106,101 | 115,846,356 | 92 | |