Letter
Washburne to Hamilton Fish, September 9, 1873
No. 217. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish.
Legation of the United States, Paris, September 9, 1873. (Received September 26.)
No. 851.]
Sir: Referring to your dispatch “separate” of July 2, I have the honor to inclose the translation of a dispatch received from the Due de Broglie upon the subject of the coinage of the mint in France, together with a tabular statement of the coinage for the years 1871 and 1872.
I have, &c.,
E. B. WASHBURNE.
[Inclosure in inclosure No. 851.—Translation.]
Statement of coinage for 1871 and 1872.
| Year | gold. | silver. | bronze. | |||||
| 20 francs. | 5 francs. | 2 francs. | 1 franc. | 50 centimes. | 10 centimes | 5 centimes. | 1 centime. | |
| 1871 | 50,169,880 | 4,710,905 | 15,456,574 | 4,261,629 | 479,591f.50 | 186,640f.50 | 112,695f.15 | |
| 1872 | 389,190 | 7,547,588 | 15,957,333 | 2,943,258f.50 | 875,751f.60 | 416,361f.30 | 20,000f |
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.