York. Francisco. 1874 ........................................................... 89M .00 0 82.100.000 3.000.000 1875 ........................................................... 400.000 4.400.000 4.800.000 1876 ........................................................... 280. 000 4.500.000 4.780.000 1877 ........................................................... 417.938 8.254.658 8.672.596 1878 ........................................................... 937.015 4.778.991 5.166.006 Total ...................................................... 26.418.602 Since 1878 other exportations have been made. and also some importations. Some of these coins have doubtless gone abroad in the pockets of individuals. while others have been brought back by immigrants and travelers. some have been lost by shipwreck. fires. &c.. and some have been melted up by artisans. jewelers. and others. In this connection I submit the following extract from the last report of the Director of the Mint: Probably from five to seven millions of these coins are now held in the country. mostly in the mining and manufacturing regions of Pennsylvania and contiguous States and in the vicinity of New York. where they have been paid to workmen and laborers. and by them paid to and received from tradesmen in those localities. While the United States has incurred no legal liability. yet by the act of the Goverinent the coins were at first put into circulation and given compulsory currency. aid have fallen into the hands of those who can ill afford to suffer from the depreciation. and it would seem but an act of justice that the United States should permit these coins to be sent to the mints and exchanged for other silver coins. into which they could be profitably recoined.
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