Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Instructions Relative to the Transaction of Business at the Mint of the United States, and Its Branches
It has been ascertained as near as practicable what should be the ordinary loss, and what the extreme limit of loss, in melting gold and silver deposits preparatory to the assay, if the bullion has been carefully melted.
The following statement of losses will be useful on this point.
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