One of the unique features of this book is the arrangement of each country within this series,
First by it's 19th century country name and then by the mint city in alphabetical order.
In the early years, mints were established near the location of the silver mines.
Then as rail transportation became available, the mine mints were gradually closed,
With production facilities centralized at the national mint,
Quite often at the capital city or by regions.
Some mint facilities with large supplies of silver, produced coinage for other countries,
on a contract basis.
In later years, the private mints produced NCLT silver coinage for the collector public.
A few national mints strike proof silver sets; United States and Canada.
