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30 COINS OF RUSSIA.

Ruble, 1849 (Silver).

Twenty-Copeck Piece (Silver).

COINS OF JAPAN.

Twenty Yen (Gold).

Fifty Sen (Silver).

coins other than those enumerated in the act is prohibited. It is provided that upon the coins of the United States there shall be the following devices and legends: Upon one side an impression emblematic of liberty, with an inscription of the word "Liberty" and the year of the coinage; and upon the reverse the figure of an eagle, with the inscriptions "United States of America" and "E Pluribus Unum," and a designation of the value of the coin; but on the gold dollar and three-dollar piece, the dime, five-, three-, and one-cent piece, the figure of the eagle shall be omitted; and on the reverse of the silver trade dollar the weight and the fineness of the coin shall be inscribed; and the motto "In God we trust" may be added when practicable.—A new coinage has been struck in Germany, having the mark worth 23·8 cents as the unit, which after 1875 is to be the exclusive specie currency of the empire.—In the following table of gold and silver coins of different countries, taken from the annual report of the Hon. James Pollock, director of the United States mint, for the year ending June 30, 1872, the gold values are computed according to the value of United States coins ($18 60·4 per oz. standard); the silver values according to the mint price for that year of silver ($1 22½ per oz. standard).

GOLD.

COUNTRY AND DENOMINATION. Weight in ounces. Fineness, 1000ths. Value.

AUSTRIA. Ducat ... . 0'112 986 $2 28 '3 Souverain 0-863 900 6 75-4 Four florins 0-104 900 1 93-5 BELGIUM. Twenty-five francs 0-254 899 4 72 BOLIVIA. Doubloon. . . 0-867 870 15 59-3 BRAZIL. Twenty milreis 0-575 917-5 10 90-6 CENTRAL AMERICA. Two escudos 0-209 853 '5 3 68-8 Four reals 0'027 875 48'8 CHILI. Old doubloon 0-867 870 15 59-3 Ten pesos. . . 0-492 900 9 15'