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Coinage Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States related to coinage.

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United Kingdom

  • Coinage Offences Act 1861 (see List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1860–1879#1861 (24 & 25 Vict.))
  • Coinage Act 1870, stated the metric weights of British coins
  • Coinage Act 1971 (see List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1960–1979#1971)
  • Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011, amended the Coinage Act 1971 to allow the method for measuring and confirming the weight of coins to be set by proclamation

    • United States

  • Coinage Act of 1792, established the U.S. Mint and defined coinage standards; silver-to-gold ratio set at 15:1
  • Coinage Act of 1834, altered the silver-to-gold ratio to 16:1
  • Coinage Act of 1849, created two new denominations of gold coins, $1 and $20
  • Coinage Act of 1857, forbid use of foreign coins as legal tender, reduced the size of the cent, ended the half-cent coin
  • Coinage Act of 1864, mandated that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency
  • Coinage Act of 1873, made the U.S. Mint part of the Treasury Department; silver demonetized, three minor coins terminated
  • Coinage Act of 1965, effectively ended the mintage of circulating silver coins

    • References

    Coinage Act Wikipedia
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