Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1896 — UNCLE SAM’S CASH. [ARTICLE]

UNCLE SAM’S CASH.

Coined a Great Deal Since Commencing Business. The total value of all coins authorized to be used as money and issued from the mints by this government since the enactment of she first measure of authorization, as shown by recent publication front official sources, drawn out, doubtldss, by the recent campaign discussions of the “crime of 1873,” is stated to have reached the enormous total of $2,407,798,116.25, which amount, as a means of effecting exchanges, is, of course, but a part of the circulating medium with which the country is provided. The coins are proportioned among the several metals as follows: Gold, $1,755,813,703; silver, $085,023,701.90; minor coins, $20,900,711.35.