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

RWBRWB Posts: 8,082
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.

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And sometimes, security can seem a bit agressive.

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  • zap1111zap1111 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭
    Unbelievable. It seems so casually noted. Just another day on the job, I guess. Thanks for sharing the image.
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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,894 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! It's hard to believe important data like that was managed with a notebook and fountain pen.
    Lance.
  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082
    Added - this was a "scratch book." Final results were transferred to daily reports that were the official documents.
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,724 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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!
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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 image
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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
  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,118 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <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.

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  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    Isn't that the April 30, 2010 accounts payable ledger at Stack's?
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  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082
    Isn't that the April 30, 2010 accounts payable ledger at Stack's?

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

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