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The Texas dollar was the currency of the Republic of Texas. Several forms of currency were issued, but an ongoing economic depression made it difficult for the government to provide effective backing. [1] The republic accepted the standard gold and silver coins of the United States, but never minted its own coins. [2]
Pages in category "Historical currencies of the United States" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Texas dollar; Treasury Note (1890 ...
The history of the United States dollar began with moves by the Founding Fathers of the United States of America to establish a national currency based on the Spanish silver dollar, which had been in use in the North American colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain for over 100 years prior to the United States Declaration of Independence.
The Texas Centennial half dollar was a commemorative fifty-cent piece struck by the U.S. Bureau of the Mint for collectors from 1934 to 1938. It features an eagle and the Lone Star of Texas on the obverse, while the reverse is a complex scene incorporating the winged goddess Victory, the Alamo Mission, and portraits of Texan founding fathers Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin, together with the ...
The U.S. Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5) gave the government the power to coin money to establish a mint. The dollar was established as the monetary unit of the U.S. by the Coinage Act of 1792, which also defined its value in terms of gold and silver. The First Bank of the United States was chartered in 1791. It was designed by ...
Historical Statistics of the United States (Colonial Times to 1957) [4] Historical Statistics of the United States (Colonial Times to 1970) [5] Bicentennial Edition Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 [6] Historical Tables [7] U.S. imports for consumption, duties collected, and ratio of duties to value, 1891–2016;
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A Brief History of the East Texas Oil Field (East Texas Oil Museum) Oil and Texas: A Cultural History (Texas Almanac) Oil Boom (The Depot Museum, Henderson) Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum; Texas Energy Museum, Beaumont "Santa Rita No. 1 – Big Lake ~ Marker Number: 4587". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. 1965.