 | Current events - 1898 - 534 pages
...words following: "S«-c. 14. That the gold colun of the I'liliod Stale* iball be a one-dollar pl«c«, which, at the standard weight of 25.8 grains, shall be the unit of value," etc. The moral character of the act of 1873 is not now in question. We are only dealing with the false... | |
 | Sylvester W. Burley - Centennial Exhibition - 1876 - 900 pages
...the Coinage act of Feb. 12, 1873, in accordance with which the gold coins are a one-dollar piece, " which, at the standard weight of 25.8 grains, shall be the unit of value ;" a quarter eagle or two-and-a-half-dollar piece, weighing 64.5 grains ; a three-dollar piece, weighing... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1890 - 1044 pages
...3511, Eevised Statutes, provides that "the gold coins of the United States shall be a one dollar piece, which at the standard weight of 25.8 grains shall be the unit of value." * * * Our legal-tender notes have behind them, in the vaults of the Treasury, a reserve of $100,000,000... | |
 | Henry Carey Baird - 1890 - 542 pages
...I believe, up to 1873, always followed both the gold and silver coins, and substitutes the Avords " which at the standard weight of 25.8 grains shall be the unit of value." That you understand, I suppose, as changing the standard from both metals to gold alone. UNLIMITED... | |
 | National Executive Silver Committee - Bland-Allison act of 1878 - 1890 - 170 pages
...contained the insidious provision, "That the gold coins of the United States shall be a one-dollar piece, which, at the standard weight of 25.8 grains, shall be the unit of value." While in all laws before, the unit, as shown in the foregoing chapters, had rested on both metals.... | |
 | August Belmont - United States - 1890 - 258 pages
...dollar. Second. The act of 1873 had discarded the silver dollar and had said that the gold dollar, " at the standard weight of 25.8 grains, shall be the unit of value," so that to this act of 1873 the language of Governor Hendricks as to the act of 1869 perfectly applies... | |
 | George Reed - Silver question - 1893 - 220 pages
...regulation 9-10 line. Section 311 says: "The gold coins of the United States shall be a one dollar piece, which at the standard weight of 25.8 grains shall be the unit of value, a quarter Eagle or two and one-half dollar piece, a three dollar piece, and a double Eagle or twenty... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - Labor - 1894 - 536 pages
...and became a law February 12, 1873. It provided that the gold coins " shall be a one dollar piece, which, at the standard weight of 25.8 grains, shall be the unit of yalue," etc. The gold coins of larger denominations were based upon the one dollar piece. The silver... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - Campaign literature - 1896 - 632 pages
...Houses and became a law February 12, 1873. It provided that the gold coins "shall be a one dollar piece, which, at the standard weight of 25.8 grains, shall be the unit of value," etc. The gold coins of larger denominations were based upon the one dollar piece. The silver coins... | |
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Sec. 14. That the gold coins of the United States shall be a one-dollar piece, which, at the standard weight of 25.8 grains, shall be the unit of value. 
