Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 half dime, dime, quarter dollar, and half dollar, and authorized a three dollar gold piece.
February 21, 1853: Coinage Act of 1853, Sess. 2, ch. 79, 10 Stat. 160 March 2, 1853: An act providing for administering the oath of office to William R. King, Vice President elect of the United States of America.
Coinage Act of 1849, created two new denominations of gold coins, $1 and $20; Coinage Act of 1853, reduced the silver in half-dollar, quarter, dime, and half-dime coins; authorized a $3 gold coin; Coinage Act of 1857, forbid use of foreign coins as legal tender, reduced the size of the cent, ended the half-cent coin
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 silver bullion to have it coined into standard silver dollars, while allowing holders of gold to continue to have their bullion made into money, the act created a gold standard by default.
In 1870, Treasury Secretary George Boutwell sent Congress a draft bill to replace the outdated 1837 Mint Act and the bits of legislation passed over the years regarding the mint and coinage. Even in the draft bill, no provision was made for the three-cent silver, though some in Congress wished to retain the coin in anticipation of the ...
Coinage (Colonial Offences) Act 1853 [2] (repealed) 16 & 17 Vict. c. 48. 4 August 1853. An Act for the Punishment of Offences in the Colonies in relation to the Coin.
Coinage Act of 1792; Coinage Act of 1834; Coinage Act of 1849; Coinage Act of 1853; Coinage Act of 1857; Coinage Act of 1864; Coinage Act of 1873; Coinage Act of 1965; Contraction Act of 1866; Copper Coinage Act of 1792; Currency Act of 1870
The Coinage Act of 1857 (Act of Feb. 21, 1857, Chap. 56, 34th Cong., Sess. III, 11 Stat. 163) was an act of the United States Congress which ended the status of foreign coins as legal tender, repealing all acts "authorizing the currency of foreign gold or silver coins".