VALUE OF FOREIGN GOLD AND SILVER COINS 



Rome Silver, 



Russia Gold, 



Silver, 



Sardinia Gold, 



Silver, 

 Saxony Gold, 



Silver, 



Siam Silver, 



Spain Gold, 



Silver, 

 Sweden Silver, 



Turkey Gold, 



Silver, 



Tuscany Gold, 



Silver, 



Wurtemberg .... Silver, 



d. c. M. 



Scndo i oo 5 



Teston (3-10 Scudo). ... o 30 o 



Five Roubles 3 96 7 



Rouble o 75 o 



Ten Zloty 1 13 5 



Thirty Copecs o 22 o 



Twenty Lire 3 84 5 



Five Lire 093 2 



Ten Thaler 7 94 o 



Ducat 2 26 o 



Species Thaler o 96 o 



Thaler (XIV. F. M.). . . o 68 o 



Tical o 5S 5 



Pistole (Qr. Doubloon).. 3 90 5 

 Pistareen (4RealsVellon) o 19 5 



Species Daler 1 04 2 



Half Daler o 52 o 



Hundred Piasters 4 37 4 



Twenty Piasters (new) . o 82 o 

 Twenty Piasters (new), . o 82 o 



Sequin 2 30 o 



Lepoldone 1 05 o 



Florin o 26 2 



Gulden, 1824 038 s 



Gulden, 1838, and since, o 39 5 

 Dbl. Thaler, (3^ Guld.). 1 39 o 



Germany. — The new German Empire has adopted a 

 new and uniform system of coinage, which contemplates the 

 gradual withdrawal of the coins of the various States com- 

 posing the Empire, and the substitution of the new coinage 

 as follows : 



A pound of fine gold is divided into 1395 pieces, the 

 one-tenth part of this gold coin is called a "Mark," and is 

 subdivided into 100 Pennies, (Pfennige.) 



A Ten Mark piece, the unit of the coinage is equal to 

 3J South German Thalers, or 3 1-93 Bremen Gold Thalers. 

 Its value is $2.43. 



Japan. — The new system of coinage for Japan em- 

 braces four gold coins valued respectively at $20, $io, $5 

 and $2. 



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RATES OF POSTAGE. 



Postal Cards costing 1 cent each can be purchased at 

 any Post Office, on which short communications can be 

 written and sent to any part of the United States . 



Letters to any part of the United States, 3 cents 

 for each 1-2 ounce, or part thereof. 



Drop Letters, 2 cents for each 1-2 ounce, delivered by 

 Carrier, not delivered, 1 cent. 



Advertised Letters, i cent in addition to the regular 

 rates. 



Valuable Letters may be registered on application at 

 the office of mailing, and the payment of a registration fee 

 not exceeding 15 cents on domestic letters. Fees on foreign 

 letters variable. 



Transient Newspapers, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Proof 

 Sheets, Book Manuscripts, Blanks, and all mailable printed 

 matter, (except circulars and books,) 1 cent for each and 

 every 2 ounces. Double these rates are charged for 

 Books. 



Unsealed Circulars, (to one address,) not exceeding 

 three in number, 2 cents, and in the same proportion for 

 a greater number. 



Seeds, Cuttings, Roots, etc., 2 cents for each 4 

 ounces or less quantity. 



All Packages of Mail Matter not charged with letter 

 postage must be so arranged that the same can be conve- 

 niently examined by Postmasters ; if not letter postage 

 will be charged. 



No Package will be forwarded by mail which weighs 

 over 4 pounds. 



All Postage Matter, for delivery within the United 

 States, must be prepaid by stamps. 



Letters to the Dominion of Canada, 6 cents for 

 each 1-2 ounce, if prepaid ; if not prepaid, 10 cents. To 

 Newfoundland, 10 cents ; when over 3000 miles, is cents. 

 Prepayment required. 



Letters to Great Britain or Ireland, 6 cents. 

 Prepayment optional. 



Letters to France. Prepayment optional. 



Letters to Germany, 6 cents. Prepayment required. 



Letters to other Foreign Countries vary in rate 

 according to the route by which they are sent, and the 

 proper information can be obtained of any Postmaster in 

 the United States. 



MONKY OROERK 



Money Order Post Offices are established in most 

 of the large cities and towns, at which orders can be obtained 

 upon any other office, at the following rates of commission : 



On orders not exceeding $10 5 cents. 



Over $10 and not exceeding $20 10 ^ 



Over £20 " " $3° J S 



Over $30 " " #4° 2 ° 



Over $40 " " $5° 2 5 



No single order issued for less than one dollar nor more 

 than fifty dollars. Parties desiring to remit larger sums 

 must obtain additional money orders. 



