Coinage Act
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Coinage Act is a stock short title
used for legislation
in the United Kingdom
and the United States
which relates to coinage
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Short title
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...
used for legislation
Legislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
which relates to coinage
Coinage
Coinage may refer to:* coins, standardized as currency* neologism, coinage of a new word* COINage, numismatics magazine* Tin coinage, a tax on refined tin* ancestry* Coinage, a board game...
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United States
- The Coinage Act of 1792 - Established the U.S. Mint & defined coinage standards; Ag:Au=15:1
- The Coinage Act of 1834Coinage Act of 1834The Coinage Act of 1834 was passed by the United States Congress on June 27, 1834. It raised the silver-to-gold weight ratio from its 1792 level of 15:1 to 16:1 thus setting the mint price for silver at a level below its international market price...
- Altered the gold to silver ratio; Ag:Au=16:1 - The Coinage Act of 1849 - Two new denominations of gold coins
- The Coinage Act of 1857Coinage Act of 1857The Coinage Act of 1857 was an act of the United States Congress which forbade the use of foreign coins as legal tender, repealing all acts "authorizing the currency of foreign gold or silver coins". Specific coins would be exchanged at the Treasury and recoined...
- Forbidden use of foreign coins as legal tender - The Coinage Act of 1864 - Mandated that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency
- The Coinage Act of 1873 - Made the U.S. Mint part of the Treasury Department; silver de-monetized
- The Bland-Allison ActBland-Allison ActThe Bland–Allison Act was an 1878 act of Congress requiring the U.S. Treasury to buy a certain amount of silver and put it into circulation as silver dollars. Though the bill was vetoed by President Rutherford B...
(1878) - Coinage Act (Silver Dollar), ch. 20, 20 Stat. 25; Ag:Au=16:1 - The Coinage Act of 1965Coinage Act of 1965The Coinage Act of 1965, , eliminated silver from the circulating dimes and quarter dollars of the United States, and diminished the silver content of the half dollar from 90% to 40%...
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