A $3 Gold Piece Love Token
Ken Barr writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: DECEMBER 10, 2023Christmas 1884 Love Token on $1 Gold Piece(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n50a10.html)

More on Mint Document Destruction
Researchers Richard Kelly and Nancy Oliver write:

From Kelly's letter, we found 87 items listed for the San Francisco Mint alone, of which we believe 11 were to be the greatest loss:

1. Coiner's delivery books, 1875-1900
2. Gold clipping, leather bound book, 1870-1911
3. Payroll, melting and refining department, leather bound book, 1892
4. Register of ordinary expenses, 1886-1904
5. Coiner's record of gold coinage submitted to the mint superintendent, 1889-1896
6. Visitor's register, 18979-1914
7. Coiner's record of gold coinage, 1882-1889
8. Records of gold coinage, 1879-1909
9. Gold coinage register, 1879-1898
10. Coinage department leather bound books, 1870-1878
11. Forty wooden chests of miscellaneous papers, 1856-1920 (Superintendent Kelly placed an asterisk beside the listing of the 40 wooden chests, saying they )

However the San Francisco Mint was not the only mint that was listed for document destruction, for the report included 33 items from the Philadelphia Mint, and 4 more from the Carson City Mint. We have partial lists from both if anyone is interested.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
1894 LETTER ON MINT DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n50a11.html)

John Kallman
Jim Contursi writes: