VAMWorld 2.0

You can infer relative differences, but not absolute. Now, if you could develop this test so that Vampires need only "ping" a coin to determine its variety -- then you'd really have something or should that be "someping?"

The "clerical error" argument along with "it looks like" are surrogates for the truth, which is: "We don't know, and we aren't going to look for an answer, so we'll invent something to sell coins."

RE: "Where are the business strikes for 1895 -P....????? did they ever exist ???????probably in Colorado in JR.s safe." The circulation coins were struck and fully accounted for in June 1895 (See my article o the subject.) including the profit on coinage and Annual Assay pieces. They would have gone...

There is a table, which eludes my fingers for the moment, that shows the coining cost at each mint. When I find it I'll post it.

Over time, the manufacturing cost of a silver dollar increased from about 1% of face to 2% and a little more.

New Orleans, 1887 “including salaries of officers was 1-cent and 6 mills per piece. Excluding salaries the cost per NO silver dollar was “1.55 cents for 1884 and 1.49 cents for 1885.” [RG104 E-235 Vol 050. March 3, 1888.] Cost of distributing silver dollars was: FY 1878 $77,999.93 FY 1879 $93,297.7...

Bullion was a variable since silver was bought on the open market. Here are some other bits that should help. They are in no particular order.

Quick answer: Yes. I'll get some of the numbers together are post them later this evening. Responses do not include capital equipment costs (equipment, buildings, etc.) but usually include everything else it took to strike a Morgan dollar. (Less sure about Peace dollars...) This will get you started...

Came across this letter today. Have not found the answer -- yet. April 23, 1878 Hon. H. R. Linderman Director of the Mint Washington, D.C. Sir: The enclosed letter from David Baldwin, Treasurer of the Savings Bank of Baltimore, raises the question whether we can receive Trade dollars over the counte...

The first 3 RG50 volumes are available on NNP at https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/archivede ... 79&take=50.

More will be scanned next Tuesday and Wednesday.

It's part of the design.

A small part of the crack fell out so metal flowed into the gap.

Appears to be common stains from circulation. No connection to silver content, that will be uniform to the 0.0005 or much less.

See the new Message thread concerning these Treasury journals.

Daily chronological entries by the Treasurer of the United States recording the Treasury or Mint office involved, coinage by date and total, quantity on-hand, quantity paid out to date, and quantity received. These will be posted on NNP next week, I think. I have scanned the first 9 complete volume...

The Engraver pulled usable reverse dies from those returned by mints. These were renumbered and issued the next calendar year. All obverse dies of the previous year were destroyed. Reverse dies destroyed sets a minimum on the quantity used - it's a good indicator, just not perfect. Engraver Barber m...

We are also without information about the dates/mints of coins melted 1918-19.

Reverse dies, 1892, from New Orleans Mint destroyed. This might help in matching against varieties.

I hope it will make navigating easier for those doing Morgan dollar studies and research.

With more US Mint Bureau documents becoming available on-line through the Newman Numismatic Portal (NNP), it seems a good time to give those doing numismatic research a little guidance. This will show how various groups of documents are connected and suggest which files to search for letters relatin...