The United States Assay Commission was an agency of the U.S. federal government from 1792 to 1980. Its function was to supervise the annual testing of the gold, silver, and base metal coins produced b
Ellin Berlin
…novel, Land I Have Chosen. This was followed by Lace Curtain (1958), Silver Platter (1957), and The Best of Families (1970). She was a member of the United States Assay Commission…
Mint Director Nellie Tayloe Ross addresses the 1952 assay commissioners
Elongated coin for Leonard W. Stark, coin dealer and 1963 assay commissioner
Mint Director Nellie Tayloe Ross (left) looks on as two members of the 1942 Assay Commission weigh a coin.
Charles G. Dawes was an assay commissioner in 1899 and 1900; he later became vice president.