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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 half dime, dime, quarter dollar, and half dollar, and authorized a three dollar gold piece.
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. ... Under an 1853 act, depositors could no ...
In 1870, Treasury Secretary George Boutwell sent Congress a draft bill to replace the outdated 1837 Mint Act and the bits of legislation passed over the years regarding the mint and coinage.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 ...
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".
2 Coinage. 3 Notes. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents. Obsolete denominations of United States currency. 1 language. ... 1853–1889 Half eagle. $5 8.36 g (0 ...
The 1853 act eliminated the practice of depositing silver bullion to be struck into coin, except into the dollar for which a coining charge of .5% was imposed. According to the Senate report filed with the bill which became the Coinage Act, these changes were intended as a temporary expedient, with the free coinage of silver to be restored when ...
Heraldic eagle reverse, 1801–1807 (Silver) Year Mint Mintage [3] Comments 1801 (P) 30,289 1802 (P) 29,890 1803 (P) 188,234 1804 n/a 0 None struck.