the coinage system
1The Coinage Act Of 1792 — Regulation passed by Congress on April 2, 1792 that established the U.S. Mint. The law also established the U.S. coinage system and placed the mint at the seat of the U.S. government. The law created U.S. eagles, dollars, dismes and cents, and… …
2Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States — The Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States was a report submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives on July 13, 1790 by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson.At the First United States… …
3Coinage of the Tripura Kingdom — All Tripura coins are in the Bengali script but the language used is Sanskrit. Tripura was a predominantly tribal Kingdom (inhabited mainly by the Tripuri tribe) situated in the Eastern part of Bengal. According to traditional chronicles,… …
4Coinage of Asia — The earliest coinage of Asia is also the oldest coinage of the world. Coins were invented several times independently of each other. The earliest coins from the Mediterranean region are from the kingdom of Lydia, and are now dated ca. 600 BCE.… …
5Coinage Act of 1792 — The Coinage Act or the Mint Act, passed by the United States Congress on April 2, 1792, established the United States Mint and regulated the coinage of the United States.[1] The long title of the legislation is An act establishing a mint, and… …
6Coinage Act of 1834 — The 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 (established by the Coinage Act of 1792) to 16:1 thus setting the mint price for silver at a… …
7The United States of America — The United States of America † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America BOUNDARIES AND AREA On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …
8The Cantos — by Ezra Pound is a long, incomplete poem in 120 sections, each of which is a canto . Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards.… …
9The Byzantine Empire — The Byzantine Empire † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Byzantine Empire The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at …
10History of the English penny (1485–1603) — The Tudors (1485 ndash;1603) Henry VIIHenry Tudor, who reigned as King Henry VII between 1485 and 1509, had a rather tenuous claim on the throne, being the Lancastrian claimant via an illegitimate descendant of Edward III when all the more senior …
