DATE: March 2, 1837

TOWN: Staunton, Virginia

SOURCE: Staunton Spectator


Mint Report of 1836
COINAGE AT 
THE U.S. MINT
 From one of the statements accompanying the report of the Director of the Mint, recently transmitted by the President to Congress, it appears that the coinage at the Mint in 1836, has been
IN GOLD,
 
553,147 half eagles, making
$2,765,735
547,986 quarter eagles,
1,369,965
Total,
4,135,700
 
IN SILVER,
 
1,000
dollars,
1,000
 
6,546,200
half dolls.
3,273,100
 
472,000
qr. dolls.
118,000
 
1,190,000
dimes
119,000
 
1,900,000
half dimes,
95,000
 
     
3,606,100
 
IN COPPER,
 
2,111,000
cents
21,110
 
398,000
half cents
1,990
 
     
23,100
 
Whole am't coined in 1836,
$7,764,900