So....you want to research the US Mint archives? Be prepared for this....

RWB

Here's just one of the many kinds of things you'll have to dig through. This happens to be a clerk's workbook for keeping running balances of gold and silver coins.



And sometimes, security can seem a bit agressive.

zap1111

Unbelievable. It seems so casually noted. Just another day on the job, I guess. Thanks for sharing the image.
zap

lkeigwin

Wow! It's hard to believe important data like that was managed with a notebook and fountain pen.
Lance.

RWB

Added - this was a "scratch book." Final results were transferred to daily reports that were the official documents.

LanLord

<< <i>Wow! It's hard to believe important data like that was managed with a notebook and fountain pen.
Lance. >>

Computers were down that century I guess!

Broadstruck

<< <i>Wow! It's hard to believe important data like that was managed with a notebook and fountain pen.
Lance. >>



Looks like it was written with a pencil

ricko

Some of those records are likely more reliable than many computerized records today. Then, in your own handwriting, inscribed the information and were responsible for it. Today, data entry errors are rampant, and people just shrug them off. Cheers, RickO

Swampboy

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<< <i>Wow! It's hard to believe important data like that was managed with a notebook and fountain pen.
Lance. >>

Computers were down that century I guess! >>



The invention of the digital computer was still five years away from that '32 entry date.

Great stuff again RWB.

Longacre

Isn't that the April 30, 2010 accounts payable ledger at Stack's?

RWB

Isn't that the April 30, 2010 accounts payable ledger at Stack's?

Hmmm...I though they continued to use clay tablets ?