VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS. The following values calculated by the Director of the Mint were proclaimed by the Secretary of the Treasury under the provisions of section 25 of the act of August 27, 1894, as the basis for estimating the value of foreign merchandise exported to the United States during the quarter beginning October 1, 1917: 1 The exchange rates shown under this heading are recent New York quotations and are given merely as an indication of the values of currencies which are fluctuating in their relation to legal standards. 1 Average United States equivalent value of a fine ounce in London with exchange at par. 2 Figures for 1915. 3 Figures for 1914. It is probable that the 1916 production in Europe, particularly of silver, was considerably less than in 1915; but, in the absence of any reliable data, prior-year figures are used except in the case of Turkey, from which no figures have been available since 1912. Figures for 1913. • Figures for 1912. |