Coinage Act of 1792

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United States federal statute monetary law

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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Coinage Act of 1792 canonical 19
Coinage Act of 1792 and U.S. monetary system 1
United States Coinage Act of 1792 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
monetary law ⓘ
authorizedCoinDenomination cent ⓘ
dime ⓘ
dollar ⓘ
eagle ⓘ
half cent ⓘ
half dime ⓘ
half dollar ⓘ
half eagle ⓘ
quarter dollar ⓘ
quarter eagle ⓘ
authorizedCoinMetal copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
created United States Mint ⓘ
dateOfEnactment 1792-04-02 ⓘ
definedCurrencyUnit US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
definedDollarSilverContent 371.25 grains of pure silver ⓘ
416 grains of standard silver ⓘ
definedEagleGoldContent 247.5 grains of pure gold ⓘ
270 grains of standard gold ⓘ
definedGoldSilverRatio 15:1 ⓘ
definedMetalStandard gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
definedMonetarySystem bimetallic standard ⓘ
definedSubunit cent ⓘ
dime ⓘ
eagle ⓘ
mill ⓘ
establishedInstitution United States Mint ⓘ
establishedOffice Assayer ⓘ
Chief Coiner ⓘ
Director of the Mint ⓘ
Engraver ⓘ
Treasurer of the Mint ⓘ
field monetary policy ⓘ
numismatics ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational statute of the U.S. monetary system ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locationOfMintEstablished Philadelphia ⓘ
penaltyProvision death penalty for debasing coins ⓘ
providedFor free coinage of gold and silver ⓘ
replacedBy Coinage Act of 1834 ⓘ
requiredDesignElement United States of America ⓘ
representation of Liberty ⓘ
word "Liberty" ⓘ
year of coinage ⓘ
requiredMotto Liberty ⓘ
signedBy George Washington ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1792 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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US dollar → establishedBy → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Coinage Act of 1834 → revised → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Coinage Act of 1834 → amended → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Coinage Act of 1834 → precededBy → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
United States Mint → legalBasis → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
United States coins → regulatingLaw → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin) → authorizedBy → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
subject surface form: Half Eagle
New Jersey pound → replacedInContextOf → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coinage Act of 1792 and U.S. monetary system
Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin) → authorizedBy → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
subject surface form: Quarter Eagle
Coinage Act of 1849 → relatedTo → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Coinage Act of 1853 → amends → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Washington administration → signed → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Eagle (10-dollar gold coin) → authorizedBy → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Philadelphia Mint → establishedBy → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Coinage Act of 1835 → relatedTo → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Massachusetts pound → usedBefore → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Eagle → introducedBy → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
subject surface form: Eagle (U.S. coin)
Second United States Congress → passed → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
United States silver coins under one dollar → relatedLegislation → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
United States gold policy → codifiedBy → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
Draped Bust dollar → standard → Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Coinage Act of 1792