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English: Interior of U.S. Assay Office, ca. 1916
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Webster & Stevens |
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English: Interior of U.S. Assay Office, ca. 1916 |
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English: The United States monetary system used to be on the gold standard. People used gold coins, as well as paper currency which was backed by gold. When gold started arriving in Seattle from the Klondike in 1898, the government opened an assay office to buy gold and to certify its purity.
In this photo, taken around 1916, a workman at the Seattle assay office pours molten gold into an ingot mold. At the time, each large bar of gold made this way was worth $28,000.
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English: Seattle (Wash.) |
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| Date | circa 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: 1 negative: glass, b&w |
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| Dimensions | height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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