TABLE III. SHOWING THE ANNUAL DEPRECIATION OF SOVEREIGNS, AND TOTAL ESTIMATED LOSS ON EVERY 100,000 COINS NOW IN CIRCULATION. TABLE IV. SHOWING THE ANNUAL DEPRECIATION OF HALF-SOVEREIGNS, AND TOTAL ESTIMATED LOSS ON EVERY 100.000 COINS NOW IN CIRCULATION. Grs. Average loss by wear and tear per coin per annum. Grs. 64 123,274 121.06 60.53 1.107 61-637 59-82 59.82 1.817 0237 -0175 *0410 *0461 *0582 0408 ⚫0278 50 0187 2 123-274 117.61 58.805 2.832 44 ⚫0643 184.912 179-37 59.79 1.847 43 *0429 42 41 * No coinage of Half-Sovereigns at English Mint: for explanation, see pp. 311-312. 65,214.153 1 *0486 5,208 2,052.524 *0448 *0382 *0331 *0485 *0484 *0235 ⚫0236 *0285 0510 0388 Full weight=46,071. | 8,691 5,447 5,787 2,156 Deficiency== gr. 11,192-721. 3,044.631 1,669-669 1,520.476 472.056 1,146.247 810-421 404.707 17.165 54.825 TABLE V. ANALYSIS OF 1,000 SOVEREIGNS RECEIVED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS (FROM SOUTH WALES). The loss on these 1,000 Sovereigns, if sent in to the Bank of England, would be £4. 18s, 5d. TABLE V. (a.) ANALYSIS OF 1,000 HALF-SOVEREIGNS (MEAN OF 2,000 COINS) RECEIVED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS (FROM PARIS). 1851-60 35.5 2,188 1861-70 48 2,959 1871-80 303 18,676 2,176 12 344 244 15,040 14,741 299 1222 2,943 16 329 183-5 11,310 11,145 165 ⚫900 18,596 80 •263 34.5 2,127 2,102 25 ⚫702 392 24,162 24,052 110 280 608 37,475 36,738 737 1.213 The loss on these 1,000 Half-Sovereigns, if sent in to the Bank of England, would be £5. 19s. 4d., or £11, 18s. 8d per £1,000 in Half-Sovereigns, |