In 1833, future Chief Coiner Franklin Peale undertook a two-year tour of the European mints. Upon his return, he wrote one of the mostimportant reports in U.S. Mint history, which formed the basis for technological improvements during his tenure. The Newman Numismatic Portal hasplaced a copy of Franklin Peale's handwritten manuscript on Internet Archive and is now creating a transcription that will be publicly available uponcompletion.

We have divided the transcription work into individual pages and invite interested volunteers to take on one page, two pages, or even more. If you wish to volunteer, please email Newman Portal Project Coordinator Len Augsburger at leonard.augsburger@wustl.edu. The Newman Portal acknowledges Dick Johnson for furnishing a partial transcript to initiate this effort, and Bob Julian for a photocopy of the document.

To view Franklin Peale's report on Internet Archive, see:
Report of Franklin Peale's Visit to European Mints, 1835 (https://archive.org/details/pealereport1835peal)