The monetary unit of Ecuador also has been nominally changed from the peso to the sucre, but with no change as to weight or fineness. In regard to Japan, in the table for 1887 the values of the gold and silver yen were estimated separately, for the reason that while by law the standard of Japan is gold, silver is practically the standard of value, and invoices of merchandise from Japan are generally in terms of the silver yen. Aggregate Issues of Paper Money in War times. The following table exhibits the amount per capita issued of the Continental money, the French assignats, the Confederate currency, and the legal-tender greenbacks and National bank notes of the United States. --------------------+----------------------------+-------------+--------- | Population. | | --------------------+----------------------------+ +--------- Continental money. | 3,000,000 in 1780 | | $119.84 French assignats. | 26,500,000 (France in 1790)| | 343.98 Confederate curr’cy.| 9,103,332 (11 Confederate | | 71.89 | States, 1860) | | Greenbacks and | 31,443,321 (United States | | national | in 1860). | | bank notes. | |$750,820,228 | 23.87 --------------------+----------------------------+-------------+--------- Refining (by acids), fiscal year 1887. --------------+---------+----------------------+--------------------- | | Gold. | Silver. Mint or | Gross +----------+-----------+----------+---------- Assay Office. | ounces. | Standard | Value. | Standard | Value. | | ounces. | | ounces. | --------------+---------+----------+-----------+----------+---------- Philadelphia. | 721,765| 190,539| $3,554,912| 553,437| $643,999 San Francisco.|1,506,217| 365,970| 6,808,744| 1,248,071| 1,452,300 Carson. | 45,447| 3,606| 67,088| 45,665| 53,137 New Orleans. | 15,544| 4,840| 90,046| 11,167| 12,994 New York. |3,822,148| 764,676| 14,226,530| 3,005,812| 3,497,672 --------------+---------+----------+-----------+----------+---------- Total. |6,111,121| 1,329,631|$24,737,320| 4,864,152|$5,660,102 --------------+---------+----------+-----------+----------+---------- --------------+----------- | Mint or | Total Assay Office. | value. | --------------+----------- Philadelphia. | $4,188,911 San Francisco.| 8,261,044 Carson. | 120,225 New Orleans. | 103,040 New York. | 17,724,202 --------------+----------- Total. |$30,397,422 --------------+----------- Value in United States Money, of One Ounce Troy of Gold, at different Degrees of Fineness.