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Anonymous ID: 8dae73 March 31, 2025, 9:55 a.m. No.22846757   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6917 >>6927 >>7131 >>7391 >>7499 >>7709 >>7811

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From THE RISE OF THE GOLD STANDARD:

 

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, ==That there shall be from time to time struck and coined

at the said mint, coins of gold, silver, and copper, of the following denomination==, values

and descriptions, viz.

 

Eagles—each to be of the value of ten dollars or units, and to

contain two hundred and forty-seven grains and four eighths of a grain of pure, or two

hundred and seventy grains of standard gold.

Half Eagles—each to be of the value of five

dollars, and to contain one hundred and twenty-three grains and six eighths of a grain of

pure, or one hundred and thirty-five grains of standard gold.

Quarter Eagles—each to be of

the value of two dollars and a half dollar, and to contain sixty-one grains and seven

eighths of a grain of pure, or sixty-seven grains and four eighths of a grain of standard

gold.

Dollars or Units—each to be of the value of a Spanish milled dollar as the same is

now current, and to contain three hundred and seventy-one grains and four sixteenths

parts of a grain of pure, or four hundred and sixteen grains of standard silver.

Half Dollars—each to be of half the value of the dollar or unit, and to contain one hundred and

eighty-five grains and ten sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or two hundred and eight

grains of standard silver.

Quarter Dollars—each to be of one fourth the value of the dollar

or unit, and to contain ninety-two grains and thirteen sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or

one hundred and four grains of standard silver.Dismes—each to be of the value of one

tenth of a dollar or unit, and to contain thirty-seven grains and two sixteenth parts of a

grain of pure, or forty-one grains and three fifths parts of a grain of standard silver.

Half Dismes—each to be of the value of one twentieth of a dollar, and to contain eighteen

grains and nine sixteenths parts of a grain of pure, or twenty grains and four fifths parts of

a grain of standard silver.

Cents—each to be of the value of one hundredth part of a

dollar, and to contain eleven penny-weights of copper.

Half Cents—each to be of the value

of half a cent, and to contain five penny-weights and a half a penny-weight of copper.