Money and Legal Tender in the United StatesG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1877 - 173 páginas |
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... . - A term indicating the proportion of pure metal contained in a piece of gold or silver . Fineness is expressed in thousandths : that is , pure metal is 1000 fine . United States coin is 100 2 MONEY AND LEGAL TENDER .
... . - A term indicating the proportion of pure metal contained in a piece of gold or silver . Fineness is expressed in thousandths : that is , pure metal is 1000 fine . United States coin is 100 2 MONEY AND LEGAL TENDER .
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... contained 386 grains fine silver . According to the British standard , established in 1601 , 444 grains of fine ... contain 3751 % grains fine silver . The divisions of the money of account were , by MONEY AND LEGAL TENDER . 19.
... contained 386 grains fine silver . According to the British standard , established in 1601 , 444 grains of fine ... contain 3751 % grains fine silver . The divisions of the money of account were , by MONEY AND LEGAL TENDER . 19.
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... contained being less than one tenth of the alloy , while gold coins in existence at the time of the enactment of the original coinage Act ( 1792 ) , contained a larger percentage of silver . The change is due to the improvements which ...
... contained being less than one tenth of the alloy , while gold coins in existence at the time of the enactment of the original coinage Act ( 1792 ) , contained a larger percentage of silver . The change is due to the improvements which ...
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... contain 3714 grains of pure , or 416 grains of standard , silver . " The average quantity of fine silver contained in the Spanish dollars then in circulation in this country , was , according to the assay of a number of pieces , 371 ...
... contain 3714 grains of pure , or 416 grains of standard , silver . " The average quantity of fine silver contained in the Spanish dollars then in circulation in this country , was , according to the assay of a number of pieces , 371 ...
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... contain 371 grains of pure silver . The con- tent of pure silver should have been within a fraction of 3774 grains . The mistake made in specifying 371 instead of 3774 grains , was due to an error in determining the quantity of pure ...
... contain 371 grains of pure silver . The con- tent of pure silver should have been within a fraction of 3774 grains . The mistake made in specifying 371 instead of 3774 grains , was due to an error in determining the quantity of pure ...
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Página 84 - States in payment of taxes, excises, public lands, and all other dues to the United States, except for duties on imports; and also for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations, and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt, and in redemption of the national currency.
Página 89 - ... the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all obligations of the United States...
Página 65 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Página 87 - July, 1862; which is to be set apart as a sinking fund; and the interest of which shall in like manner be applied to the purchase or payment of the public debt, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time direct.
Página 7 - The United States in congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states..
Página 82 - States, in sums not less than twenty dollars, and to issue certificates therefor in denominations of not less than twenty dollars each, corresponding with the denominations of United States notes. The coin deposited for or representing the certificates of deposit shall be retained in the Treasury for the payment of the same on demand. Said certificates shall be receivable for customs, taxes and all public dues, and when so received may be reissued...
Página 90 - States notes shall be convertible into coin at the option of the holder, or unless at such time bonds of the United States bearing a lower rate of interest than the bonds to be redeemed can be sold at par in coin. And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.
Página 8 - The Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coins, and fix the standard of weights and measures, ... to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States.
Página 7 - ... the United States in congress assembled. ARTICLE IX. The United States in congress assembled shall...
Página 154 - The subjects of foreign powers might 'suffer from the same cause, and hence the union be discredited and embroiled by the indiscretion of a single member. No one of these mischiefs is less incident to a power in the states to emit paper money, than to coin gold or silver.