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Coinage Act

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1864–1873Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1864

Abraham Lincoln4 1864

Washington DC · Government / Republican Party Government

Lincoln signs the Coinage Act authorizing new federal coinage

1873

Ulysses Simpson Grant12 February 1873

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

The Coinage Act ends standard silver-dollar coinage and strengthens the country's movement toward gold.

Names involved

Abraham LincolnUlysses Simpson Grant

Provenance

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