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Denver Mint Gold Bar Records
United States Mint. ARCHIVAL VOLUMES PERTAINING TO THE HANDLING OF GOLD BY THE UNITED STATES MINT AT DENVER. Five volumes, as follows: FOREMAN'S RECORD OF GOLD MELTING. FORM NO. 469. U.S. MINT, DENVER. Spine title cited. Small 4to [26.5 by 23 cm], original red half calf, gilt, with pebbled black sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt, including a gilt federal eagle near head; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Introduction dated February 4, 1926, with the final entry dated August 26, 1937. Approximately 500 pages, on U.S. Mint Service ledger paper. Every page appears to be filled out by hand in ink. Introduction reads: "Record book of miscellaneous things coming in through back door and, also things going out through back door." Signed by Peter Karpery. GOLD CERTIFICATE BARS. CASHIER. FORM 980. U.S. MINT, DENVER. Spine title cited. 4to [30 by 25 cm], original red half calf, gilt, with linen sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt, including a gilt federal eagle near head; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Front cover numbered 1. First entry dated May 19, 1911, with the final entry dated May 4, 1914. Approximately 300 pages, on U.S. Mint Service ledger paper. Nearly every page appears to be filled out by hand in ink. Toward the end, a page is tabbed marking where the recapitulation begins. Tipped in is a typewritten carbon copy of an October 13, 1914 certification attesting that $46,663,051.86 in gold remained in Compartment No. 17 after $5,367,307.05 in gold had been removed from it (506 bars, 259,643.479 fine ounces), signed in type by Thomas Annear, Superintendent and two Treasury witnesses. RECORD OF GOLD CERTIFICATE BARS. FORM 980A. U.S. MINT, DENVER. Spine title cited. 4to [30 by 25 cm], original red half calf, gilt, with linen sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt, including a gilt federal eagle near head; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Front cover numbered 3. First entry dated August 8, 1917, with the final entry dated May 9, 1919, but with later entries indicating balances up to February 16, 1920 and ink stamps marking transfers up to 1925. Approximately 400 pages, on U.S. Mint Service ledger paper. Most pages are filled out by hand in a combination of ink and pencil except for a span of about 160 pages toward the end of the volume. Laid in is a 2-page typewritten carbon copy of a listing of melts conducted in fiscal year 1919, annotated in ink and pencil. A handwritten sheet of summary calculations is affixed to a rear blank. RECORD OF REFINED GOLD BARS. Spine title cited. 4to [30 by 25 cm], original red half calf, gilt, with linen sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt, including a gilt federal eagle near head; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Spine numbered 11. Entries dated 1912–1936. Approximately 450 pages, on U.S. Mint Service ledger paper. Over 230 pages are filled out neatly by hand in ink, recording the reweighing of thousands of gold bars; entries are not arranged chronologically by original weighing, but by their reweighing. At the end of the volume, 9 pages record the recapitulation. In between the main records and the recapitulation are approximately 200 unused ledger pages. Two leaves are taped together, probably because two pages were accidentally skipped. FORM 184. INGOT MAKING WORK BOOK. Spine title cited. Small 4to [27.5 by 23 cm], original red half calf, gilt, with linen sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Approximately 300 double pages, on U.S. Mint Service ledger paper [numbers 1–300, but with at least one leaf removed]. This volume has not been used, and eagerly awaits your ingot-making record keeping. Five volumes, total. First volume front joint is cracking, with the spine covering starting to come a little loose; binding remains sound. Other volumes are sturdily bound and exhibit only moderate wear from use. A fascinating group of rarely encountered archival volumes from the Denver Mint. Described in more detail above under the individual entries, the sheer amount of information present in the first four volumes is beyond our ability to summarize. In short, they give the reader a sense of the profound quantities of gold that were processed over the years by the Mint, and one gets a sense of the ebb and flow of deposits and withdrawals (not to mention the security and safeguards surrounding what amounted to billions of Depression-era dollars' worth of gold bullion). Rarely available and most interesting.
United States Mint. ARCHIVAL VOLUMES PERTAINING TO THE HANDLING OF GOLD BY THE UNITED STATES MINT AT DENVER. Five volumes, as follows: FOREMAN'S RECORD OF GOLD MELTING. FORM NO. 469. U.S. MINT, DENVER. Spine title cited. Small 4to [26.5 by 23 cm], original red half calf, gilt, with pebbled black sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt, including a gilt federal eagle near head; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Introduction dated February 4, 1926, with the final entry dated August 26, 1937. Approximately 500 pages, on U.S. Mint Service ledger paper. Every page appears to be filled out by hand in ink. Introduction reads: "Record book of miscellaneous things coming in through back door and, also things going out through back door." Signed by Peter Karpery. GOLD CERTIFICATE BARS. CASHIER. FORM 980. U.S. MINT, DENVER. Spine title cited. 4to [30 by 25 cm], original red half calf, gilt, with linen sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt, including a gilt federal eagle near head; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Front cover numbered 1. First entry dated May 19, 1911, with the final entry dated May 4, 1914. Approximately 300 pages, on U.S. Mint Service ledger paper. Nearly every page appears to be filled out by hand in ink. Toward the end, a page is tabbed marking where the recapitulation begins. Tipped in is a typewritten carbon copy of an October 13, 1914 certification attesting that $46,663,051.86 in gold remained in Compartment No. 17 after $5,367,307.05 in gold had been removed from it (506 bars, 259,643.479 fine ounces), signed in type by Thomas Annear, Superintendent and two Treasury witnesses. RECORD OF GOLD CERTIFICATE BARS. FORM 980A. U.S. MINT, DENVER. Spine title cited. 4to [30 by 25 cm], original red half calf, gilt, with linen sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt, including a gilt federal eagle near head; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Front cover numbered 3. First entry dated August 8, 1917, with the final entry dated May 9, 1919, but with later entries indicating balances up to February 16, 1920 and ink stamps marking transfers up to 1925. Approximately 400 pages, on U.S. Mint Service ledger paper. Most pages are filled out by hand in a combination of ink and pencil except for a span of about 160 pages toward the end of the volume. Laid in is a 2-page typewritten carbon copy of a listing of melts conducted in fiscal year 1919, annotated in ink and pencil. A handwritten sheet of summary calculations is affixed to a rear blank. RECORD OF REFINED GOLD BARS. Spine title cited. 4to [30 by 25 cm], original red half calf, gilt, with linen sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt, including a gilt federal eagle near head; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Spine numbered 11. Entries dated 1912–1936. Approximately 450 pages, on U.S. Mint Service ledger paper. Over 230 pages are filled out neatly by hand in ink, recording the reweighing of thousands of gold bars; entries are not arranged chronologically by original weighing, but by their reweighing. At the end of the volume, 9 pages record the recapitulation. In between the main records and the recapitulation are approximately 200 unused ledger pages. Two leaves are taped together, probably because two pages were accidentally skipped. FORM 184. INGOT MAKING WORK BOOK. Spine title cited. Small 4to [27.5 by 23 cm], original red half calf, gilt, with linen sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Approximately 300 double pages, on U.S. Mint Service ledger paper [numbers 1–300, but with at least one leaf removed]. This volume has not been used, and eagerly awaits your ingot-making record keeping. Five volumes, total. First volume front joint is cracking, with the spine covering starting to come a little loose; binding remains sound. Other volumes are sturdily bound and exhibit only moderate wear from use. A fascinating group of rarely encountered archival volumes from the Denver Mint. Described in more detail above under the individual entries, the sheer amount of information present in the first four volumes is beyond our ability to summarize. In short, they give the reader a sense of the profound quantities of gold that were processed over the years by the Mint, and one gets a sense of the ebb and flow of deposits and withdrawals (not to mention the security and safeguards surrounding what amounted to billions of Depression-era dollars' worth of gold bullion). Rarely available and most interesting.