History of Coinage and Currency in the United States and the Perennial Contest for Sound Money, Հատոր 10Macmillan, 1903 - 666 էջ |
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... weight of pure silver in the dollars then in use and adopting the resulting weight , to be coined at a fineness of eleven - twelfths . He proposed fixing a proportion between gold and silver coinage at Jefferson on the average ratio of ...
... weight of pure silver in the dollars then in use and adopting the resulting weight , to be coined at a fineness of eleven - twelfths . He proposed fixing a proportion between gold and silver coinage at Jefferson on the average ratio of ...
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... weight and fineness of the coinage proposed , as exhib- ited in the table below . WEIGHT OF PURE METAL SILVER DOLLAR GOLD DOLLAR RATIO grains I. 375.64 grains 24.6268 15.253 to 1 II . 350.09 23.79 14.749 to I III . 521.73 34.782 15 to I ...
... weight and fineness of the coinage proposed , as exhib- ited in the table below . WEIGHT OF PURE METAL SILVER DOLLAR GOLD DOLLAR RATIO grains I. 375.64 grains 24.6268 15.253 to 1 II . 350.09 23.79 14.749 to I III . 521.73 34.782 15 to I ...
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... weight at the value fixed by the coinage law of August 8 , 1786 , viz . , 100 cents for 2 pounds . Constitution . The financial as well as the general economic con- The Federal dition of the country at this time was so unsettled , that ...
... weight at the value fixed by the coinage law of August 8 , 1786 , viz . , 100 cents for 2 pounds . Constitution . The financial as well as the general economic con- The Federal dition of the country at this time was so unsettled , that ...
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... WEIGHT IN GRAINS Gross Fine Eagles , $ 10 270 2471 Half Eagles , $ 5 135 1231 Quarter Eagles , $ 2 } 671 617 Dollars or Units 416 3711 Half Dollars 208 18518 Quarter Dollars 104 9213 Dismes 41 3712 Half Dismes 201 181 Cents 264 264 Half ...
... WEIGHT IN GRAINS Gross Fine Eagles , $ 10 270 2471 Half Eagles , $ 5 135 1231 Quarter Eagles , $ 2 } 671 617 Dollars or Units 416 3711 Half Dollars 208 18518 Quarter Dollars 104 9213 Dismes 41 3712 Half Dismes 201 181 Cents 264 264 Half ...
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... weight of pure silver shall be of equal value in all payments , with 1 pound weight of pure gold , and so in proportion as to any greater or less quantities of the respective metals . " Section 12 fixes the standard of fineness for the ...
... weight of pure silver shall be of equal value in all payments , with 1 pound weight of pure gold , and so in proportion as to any greater or less quantities of the respective metals . " Section 12 fixes the standard of fineness for the ...
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History of Coinage and Currency in the United States and the ..., Հատոր 10 Alonzo Barton Hepburn Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1903 |
History of Coinage and Currency in the United States and the ..., Հատոր 10 Alonzo Barton Hepburn Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1903 |
History of Coinage and Currency in the United States and the ..., Հատոր 10 Alonzo Barton Hepburn Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1903 |
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Էջ 458 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of record, or any other place whatsoever : and also to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew, at their pleasure ; and also to...
Էջ 68 - ... for carrying them into execution. The word "necessary" is considered as controlling the whole sentence, and as limiting the right to pass laws for the execution of the granted powers to such as are indispensable, and without which the power would be nugatory...
Էջ 554 - That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated quarterly by the Director of the Mint and be proclaimed by the Secretary of the Treasury quarterly on the 1st day of January, April, July, and October in each year.
Էջ 65 - States, namely, that every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes, by force of the term, a right to employ all the means requisite and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power, and which are not precluded by restrictions and exceptions specified in the constitution, or not immoral, or not contrary to the essential ends of political society.
Էջ 505 - ... 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.
Էջ 493 - AN ACT providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory NORTHWEST of the Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky river...
Էջ 515 - ... shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Էջ 574 - The value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Էջ 459 - That in case it should at any time happen, that an election of directors should not be made on any day when, pursuant to this Act, it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not, for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved, but...
Էջ 67 - The result is a conviction that the states have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.