Cherokee Phoenix

Mint.- the coinage of the United States mint last year, was $3,022,675.32 cents, viz. 131,565 00 of

Published June, 18, 1828

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Mint.- the coinage of the United States mint last year, was $3,022,675.32 cents, viz. 131,565 00 of gold, 2,869,200 of silver, and 21,910 32 of copper. The total amount coined since the establishment of the mint, is 30,525,138 28 of which probably not ten millions remain in the country, the residue having been forced abroad, by the substitution of bank paper as a circulating medium.

The net amount chargeable to the mint, since its establishment; including the cost of lands building, and machinery, is only $523,470 49.