time to time during each day, one coin from every thousand is taken out and these coins are assayed by the assayer daily.
After they have been assayed individually and a sufficiency has accumulated in the Treasury Department, they are melted down, cast into a bar and this bar is assayed. Generally sufficient coins have accumulated for this purpose in about ten or fourteen days.
When the coins are delivered from the Technical Department to the Bullion Department, one coin from every five thousand delivered is taken out by the chief officer of the Bullion Department in the presence of the assayer. These coins are then enclosed in a packet upon the outside of which is marked the date when they were struck and the number and weight of the coins which they represent, etc., and the packet is then sealed with the mint seal in the presence of the Commissioner, Superintendent of the Bullion Office and the assayer.
The packet is kept in the custody of the Commissioner until the annual trial of the Pyx.
At the end of the work of each financial year these pyx coins are assayed in the following manner. The Minister of Finance, or his representative selects from them a certain number (generally five to seven) for individual assay, and
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time to time during each day, one com
from
C
each thousand is taken out and these coins
ari
apayed by the apayer daily.
After they have been ajcarped individually and a iufficiency has secumilated in the thay Dchartiment, they are melted down, sast into a bar and
this bar is akayed. Senerzély sufficient coms have accumulated for this purpose
way ten or fourteen days.
When the coins are delivered hour
the Technicsi Dehartment to the Bullion
Deparément,
one Liever
Yen from every five
thousand to delivered is taken out by the chief"
officer of the Builion Department in the presence of the
assayer. These coins are then
enclosed in a
packet upon the
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outside of which is marked the Date
when they were struck and the number and weight of the coins which they represent ets, and the packet is then sealed with the mint seal in the presenci
of the Commissioner, Superintendent of the Bullion Office and the
aplayer.
The
parket is keht in the custody of the _
Commitsioner until the annuxi orial
of the Pipa.
yo.
At the end of the work of each
financial
year these pys
are
apayed in
the following
manner. The Minister of Finance, or his representative selects from
them
a certain number (generally five
to seven) for individual assay, and
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