Coinage Clause
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The Coinage Clause is the constitutional provision granting Congress the exclusive power to create and regulate the nation’s money and its value.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coinage Clause canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2660209 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coinage Clause Context triple: [Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, contains, Coinage Clause]
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A.
Coinage Act of 1792
The Coinage Act of 1792 was a foundational United States law that created the national mint system and defined the country’s monetary structure, including its standard units, metal content, and coin denominations.
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B.
Coinage Act
The Coinage Act is a key piece of legislation in the United Kingdom that regulates the creation, standards, and legal status of the nation’s coinage.
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C.
Coinage Act of 1853
The Coinage Act of 1853 was a U.S. law that significantly reduced the silver content of small-denomination coins to keep them in circulation and effectively moved the country closer to a de facto gold standard.
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D.
Legal Tender Act of 1862
The Legal Tender Act of 1862 was a U.S. Civil War–era law that authorized the issuance of paper money not backed by gold or silver and declared it legal tender for most debts, fundamentally reshaping the nation’s monetary system.
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E.
Coinage Act of 1873
The Coinage Act of 1873 was a U.S. federal law that effectively ended the minting of standard silver dollars, placing the nation firmly on the gold standard and sparking the later "Free Silver" political movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coinage Clause Target entity description: The Coinage Clause is the constitutional provision granting Congress the exclusive power to create and regulate the nation’s money and its value.
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A.
Coinage Act of 1792
The Coinage Act of 1792 was a foundational United States law that created the national mint system and defined the country’s monetary structure, including its standard units, metal content, and coin denominations.
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B.
Coinage Act
The Coinage Act is a key piece of legislation in the United Kingdom that regulates the creation, standards, and legal status of the nation’s coinage.
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C.
Coinage Act of 1853
The Coinage Act of 1853 was a U.S. law that significantly reduced the silver content of small-denomination coins to keep them in circulation and effectively moved the country closer to a de facto gold standard.
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D.
Legal Tender Act of 1862
The Legal Tender Act of 1862 was a U.S. Civil War–era law that authorized the issuance of paper money not backed by gold or silver and declared it legal tender for most debts, fundamentally reshaping the nation’s monetary system.
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E.
Coinage Act of 1873
The Coinage Act of 1873 was a U.S. federal law that effectively ended the minting of standard silver dollars, placing the nation firmly on the gold standard and sparking the later "Free Silver" political movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional clause
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provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| aimsToEnsure |
stability of the national monetary system
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uniformity of currency across states ⓘ |
| aimsToPrevent |
inflationary state paper money
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state monetary experiments ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
creation of money
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fixing standards of weights and measures ⓘ regulation of the value of foreign coin ⓘ regulation of the value of money ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| confersExclusivePowerOn | United States Congress ⓘ |
| constitutionalCategory | enumerated power of Congress ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| draftedBy |
Constitutional Convention
ⓘ
surface form:
Constitutional Convention of 1787
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| effect |
prevents states from coining money
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supports a uniform national currency ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
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surface form:
Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
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| governs |
federal coinage policy
ⓘ
valuation of U.S. coin and currency ⓘ |
| grantsPowerTo | United States Congress ⓘ |
| historicalPurpose |
to centralize control over the national currency
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to prevent monetary instability caused by state-issued currencies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Articles of Confederation monetary problems ⓘ |
| interpretedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| legalDomain | constitutional law ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
United States law
ⓘ
surface form:
United States legal system
|
| limitsPowerOf | individual U.S. states ⓘ |
| originatedIn |
United States Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Constitution of 1787
|
| powerType |
economic power
ⓘ
monetary power ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Commerce Clause
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Legal Tender Act of 1862 ⓘ
surface form:
Legal Tender Clause
Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
federal currency
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foreign coin ⓘ monetary powers of Congress ⓘ regulation of money ⓘ standards of weights and measures ⓘ valuation of money ⓘ |
| textIncludes | "To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures" ⓘ |
| usedInCaseLaw |
Juilliard v. Greenman
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Knox v. Lee ⓘ Legal Tender Act of 1862 ⓘ
surface form:
Legal Tender Cases
Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. ⓘ |
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Subject: Coinage Clause Description of subject: The Coinage Clause is the constitutional provision granting Congress the exclusive power to create and regulate the nation’s money and its value.
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