The Contraction Act of 1866 was an act passed by Congress of the United States on April 12, 1866. It was intended to lower the price level so they could...

Resumption Act of 1875. Contraction Act of 1866 John Sherman Gold Standard Salmon P. Chase Resumption Act Mitchell, Wesley Clair. A History of the Greenbacks...

Coinage Act of 1792 Coinage Act of 1834 Coinage Act of 1849 Coinage Act of 1853 Coinage Act of 1857 Coinage Act of 1873 Coinage Act of 1965 "History of 'In...

The Federal Reserve Act was passed by the 63rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on December 23, 1913. The law created...

(whereas it had been greater historically). In the United States, the Coinage Act of 1965 eliminated silver from circulating dimes and quarter dollars, and most...

Act of 1792 on April 2, 1792, the coin was produced in the United States from 1793 to 1857. The half-cent piece was made of 100% copper and half of a...

fade away." A later act, passed on March 3, 1865, imposed a tax of 10 percent on the notes of state banks to take effect on July 1, 1866. Similar to previous...

The Coinage Act of 1792 (also known as the Mint Act; officially: An act establishing a mint, and regulating the Coins of the United States), passed by...

Comprehensive Catalog of U.S. Paper Money (7th ed.). Port Clinton, Ohio: BNR Press. ISBN 0-931960-66-5.. Backus, Charles K. (1878). The Contraction of the Currency...

The Gold Standard Act was an Act of the United States Congress, signed by President William McKinley and effective on March 14, 1900, defining the United...