+--------------------------------+--------------------+----------------------+ | | Supplied for the | Supplied for Private | | | Empire. | Accounts. | | Origin of the Bullion supplied +--------------------+----------------------+ | to the Mint. | Pounds Weight Fine | Pounds Weight Fine | | | Gold. | Gold. | +--------------------------------+--------------------+----------------------+ | German gold coin of the old | | | | type | 64,092.3 | 11.4 | | Bars | 402,382.6 | 214,825.7 | | Austrian gold coins | 381.7 | 711.9 | | Francs and Napoleons | 391,166.5 | 809.7 | | Sovereigns | 30,181.3 | 223.1 | | Russian gold coins | 28,252.3 | 20,862.1 | | Isabellas | 12,822.9 | ... | | Dollars and Eagles | 16,860.1 | 20,548.8 | | Turkish gold coins | 51.0 | 1,084.0 | | +--------------------+----------------------+ | | 946,191.2 | | +--------------------------------+--------------------+----------------------+ Making a complete total, with odd amounts from various sources, and including imperial gold coins minted in 1877-78 but now no longer current, of 1,205,786 lbs. weight = £84,103,584. SALES OF SILVER BY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT FROM 1873 TO THE SUSPENSION OF THE SALES IN MAY 1879 +-------+----------------+----------------+---------------+ | | Pounds of Fine | Product. | Price Per oz. | | Date. | Silver. +----------------+---------------+ | | | Marks. | Pence. | +-------+----------------+----------------+---------------+ | 1873 | 105,923.372 | 9,296,682.77 | 59-5/16 | | 1874 | 703,685.175 | 61,135,670.29 | 58-3/4 | | 1875 | 214,898.594 | 18,208,449.08 | 57-1/4 | | 1876 | 1,211,759.204 | 93,936,482.37 | 52-3/8 | | 1877 | 2,868,095.533 | 230,424,238.51 | 54-5/16 | | 1878 | 1,622,696.403 | 126,203,852.08 | 52-9/10 | | 1879 | 377,744.712 | 27,934,417.89 | 50 | +-------+----------------+----------------+---------------+ | | 7,104,895.993 | 567,139,992.99 | | +-------+----------------+----------------+---------------+ The total silver withdrawn from circulation up to the close of 1880 was 1,080,486,138 marks.