coinage of gold

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• Gold dollar — The gold dollar was a United States dollar coin produced from 1849 to 1889. Composed of 90% pure gold, it was the smallest denomination of gold currency ever produced by the United States federal government. When the US system of coinage was… …   Wikipedia

• gold — A mineral. 36 Am J1st Min & M § 5. A precious metal so highly regarded as to have served for a period reaching into the remote past as a medium of exchange and the substance of coinage. The act of Congress of 1792 established a mint for the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• gold — /gohld/, n. 1. a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. Symbol: Au; at. wt.: 196.967; at. no.: 79; sp. gr.: 19.3 at 20°C. 2. a quantity of gold coins: to pay in gold. 3. a… …   Universalium

• Gold — /gohld, gawld/, n. Nanay. /gohld/, n. 1. Herbert, born 1924, U.S. novelist and short story writer. 2. Thomas, born 1920, U.S. astronomer, born in Austria: formulated the steady state theory of the universe. * * * I Metallic chemical element, one… …   Universalium

• Coinage Act — is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States which relates to coinage. Contents 1 List 1.1 United Kingdom 1.2 United States …   Wikipedia

• Coinage in Anglo-Saxon England — refers to the use of coins, either for monetary value or for other purposes, in Anglo Saxon England during the Early Mediaeval period. Archaeologists have uncovered large quantities of coins dating to the Anglo Saxon period, either from hoards or …   Wikipedia

• coinage — coin‧age [ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ] noun [uncountable] 1. ECONOMICS the system of coins used in a country: • Britain did not use decimal coinage until 1971. ˌstandard ˈcoinage ECONOMICS a system where a coin s value is the same as the value of the metal it… …   Financial and business terms

• Coinage 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… …   Wikipedia

• Gold standard — For other uses, see Gold standard (disambiguation). Under a gold standard, paper notes are convertible into pre set, fixed quantities of gold. The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed mass… …   Wikipedia

• Coinage Act of 1873 — Caricature from Puck magazine, 1900. The Fourth Coinage Act was enacted by the United States Congress in 1873 and embraced the gold standard and demonetized silver. Western mining interests and others who wanted silver in circulation years later… …   Wikipedia

• Coinage 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.… …   Wikipedia