• Coinage Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States related to coinage. Coinage Act 1816, defined the...
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    The Coinage Act of 1792 (also known as the Mint Act; officially: An act establishing a mint, and regulating the Coins of the United States), passed by...
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    The Coinage Act of 1873 or Mint Act of 1873 was a general revision of laws relating to the Mint of the United States. By ending the right of holders of...
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  • these are still found in circulation. Prior to 1965 and passage of the Coinage Act of 1965 the composition of the dime, quarter, half-dollar and dollar...
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    official currency of the United States and several other countries. The Coinage Act of 1792 introduced the U.S. dollar at par with the Spanish silver dollar...
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    Fourth Coinage Act in 1873, which demonetized silver and was called the "Crime of '73" by opponents, until 1963, when the Silver Purchase Act of 1934...
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    authorized coins under the Coinage Act of 1873 (referred to by opponents as 'the Crime of '73'"). Although the Bland–Allison Act of 1878 directed the Treasury...
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    The Coinage Act of 1965, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 89–81, 79 Stat. 254, enacted July 23, 1965, eliminated silver from the circulating...
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  • States portal Coinage Act of 1792 Coinage Act of 1834 Coinage Act of 1849 Coinage Act of 1853 Coinage Act of 1857 Coinage Act of 1873 Coinage Act of 1965 "History...
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    States portal Coinage Act of 1792 Coinage Act of 1834 Coinage Act of 1853 Coinage Act of 1857 Coinage Act of 1864 Coinage Act of 1873 Coinage Act of 1965 "Journal...
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  • to the United States Declaration of Independence. The new Congress's Coinage Act of 1792 established the United States dollar as the country's standard...
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    by Congress with the Coinage Act of 1792, and originally placed within the Department of State. Per the terms of the Coinage Act, the first Mint building...
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  • States portal Coinage Act of 1792 Coinage Act of 1849 Coinage Act of 1853 Coinage Act of 1857 Coinage Act of 1864 Coinage Act of 1873 Coinage Act of 1965 Stevens...
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    The Federal Reserve Act was passed by the 63rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on December 23, 1913. The law created...
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    the pound sterling and large influxes of other foreign coinage into circulation. The Coinage Act, 1933 outlined the weights and compositions of various...
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    the Act specified. The Act formalized the American gold standard that the Coinage Act of 1873, which demonetized silver, and the Resumption Act of 1875...
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    keep the metal nickel in the coinage, led by Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1864, authorizing bronze cents...
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    (whereas it had been greater historically). In the United States, the Coinage Act of 1965 eliminated silver from circulating dimes and quarter dollars...
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    was the first standard silver dollar minted since the passage of the Coinage Act of 1873, which ended the free coining of silver and the production of...
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    The Coinage Act of 1853, 10 Stat. 160, was a piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress which lowered the silver content of the silver...
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    It was minted with five different designs. First authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792 on April 2, 1792, the coin was produced in the United States...
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    coin. This was due to pressure from mining and other interests. The Coinage Act of 1873 ended the practice of allowing silver producers to have their...
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    grams), and it remained legal tender in the United States until the Coinage Act of 1857. Many other currencies around the world, such as the Japanese...
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    formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792. The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of...
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  • Silver Purchase Act was a United States federal law enacted on July 14, 1890. The measure did not authorize the free and unlimited coinage of silver that...
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    demand for gold (the gold standard). In 1933, the Coinage Act authorized a specific New Zealand coinage and removed legal-tender status from British coins...
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    objected to it because it adversely affected Wharton's interests. The Coinage Act of 1864 passed into law on April 22 of that year. After entering circulation...
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    response to silver agitation by citizens who were angered by the Fourth Coinage Act, which had effectively placed the United States on a gold standard. The...
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    first business strike coin minted by the United States Mint under the Coinage Act of 1792, with production beginning on or about July 1792. However, others...
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