FINENESS OF UNITED STATES COIN.
Mounmouth, Ill.
What are the proportions of pure metal in the coins of the United States?
Reader.
Answer.—The gold coins are nine-tenths fine; the silver coins, nine-tenths fine; the copper-nickel coins, such as the 5-cent piece and 3-cent piece, are one-fourth nickel and three-fourths copper; the bronze coins are 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent tin and zinc. The alloy in the gold coins is silver and copper; in the silver coins, copper.
NATIONAL DESCENT OF THE PRESIDENTS.
Hartley, Iowa.
Please give the parentage of each of the Presidents of the United States.
W. Williams.