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- ■ • COINS. 
If the value of the coin of the United States 
.dtmild be deduced from the standard of measure of 
'length, capacity and weights, proposed in the fore¬ 
going decimal series, then, instead of an unit, com¬ 
posed of 371,25 tFoy grains of pure silver and 44,75 
grains of alloy, the new unit might be 9^1-J new”’ 
or standard grains of pure silver and 8 j grains of 
alloy, it would then be precisely of th-e -weight of 
one cubic .standard inch of water, and the alloy 
would be precisely one*eleventh of the weight of 
.the )p!ijire silver, and th,e, value of this/new unit or 
dollar Would be equal to 108 cents 02469 See. ]?arts 
of a cent of the . present dollar ; but as the excess 
above 108 cents; would create much labor in con- 
yerting the present ciiirrency of the several states to 
this new currency, and vice versa, and as that ex¬ 
cess is of too much value to be slighted, let there¬ 
fore the value of the new unit be equal in value to 
108 cents of the: present unit or doilar, then the 
pure sliver Ja it would be 91-j%-new standard 
grains and 8 new or standard grains of alloy, 
instead of 8; and thus, with the diminution of 
of a new grain of pure silver and the addition 
of of a grain of alloy, we should have an unit 
weighing precisely one ounce standard, and to con¬ 
sist of 100 cents, equal in value to 108 of the pre¬ 
sent cents ^ and the value of this unit, compared 
\yith the value of the present dollar and the state 
currency, would stand as follows, 25 of the propos¬ 
ed units equal to 27 of the present dollars. , 
