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About $460,00 ooo in dollars and half dollars have been coined since the opening of the Mint on which the working loss in Metal paid by Government amounts to $1564.45 and The receipts from seignorage, premelting and Assay fees appear to have been $1264.06.
The amount of bullion sent to the mint for conversion into subsidiary Coins by the Government has been $91,530.55. and the amount returned on that account has been $100,755.02. and a further sum of $1097.49 is said to be still in the mint in Silver or recoverable from the ashes this shows an apparent profit