[DOC] [TLE] Coinage Act of 1792 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Coinage Act or the Mint Act, passed by the United States Congress on April 2
, 1792, created the United States dollar as the country's standard unit of money, ... 
it to be lawful tender, and created a decimal system for U.S. currency. ... This was 
the first federal building erected under the United States Constitution. Mint... [DOC] [TLE] History of the United States dollar - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of the United States Dollar refers to more than 200 years since the 
Continental ... Congress acted on Hamilton's recommendations in the Coinage 
Act of 1792, ... This created a new U.S. dollar that was backed by 1.50 g (23.22 
grains) of ... After the war, European countries slowly returned to their gold 
standards,... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 02 International Monetary System [PAR] In the United States, bimetallism was adopted by the Coinage Act of 1792 and ... 
C. if a country bases its currency on both gold and silver, at an official exchange 
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THE MINT ACT OF 1792 MADE THE U.S. THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE 
WORLD TO ADOPT THIS SYSTEM FOR ITS CURRENCY, DECIMAL SYSTEM. 
THE FIRST... [DOC] [TLE] Money in Colonial Times - Philadelphia Fed [PAR] Therafter, that way, if England ever found out about this illegal coinage, 
Massachusetts could claim it had not made any coins since 1652. ... In 1787 the 
United States issued its first official coin, the copper Fugio Cent. ... The 1792 
Coinage Act adopted the decimal system and combined Alexander Hamilton's 
idea of a... [DOC] [TLE] The Alexander Hamilton Era - Gold Standard [PAR] World News .... But the fact is, that the adoption of them, as money, has caused 
them to ... "A semipublic institution, modeled on the Bank of England (one-fifth of 
its ... rationality, and, thus, stability and prosperity, was the Coinage Act of 1792. 
... Thus a decimal monetary system was createdthe first in history for any 
country! [DOC] [TLE] The History of Fiat Money in the USA | Thoughts about Gold, Silver ... [PAR] In a fiat money system, money is not backed by a physical commodity (i.e.: ... 
When the government is unable to repay all its debt in gold or silver, the ... ever 
allow private banks to control the issue of currency, first by inflation, ... The U.S. 
Coinage Act of 1792, consistent with the Constitution, provided for a U.S. Mint, 
which... [DOC] [TLE] Brief History of the Gold Standard in the United States [PAR] Jun 23, 2011 ... The U.S. monetary system is based on paper money backed by the full ... gold left 
the country and silver was the de facto standard. ... In 1900, the United States 
reaffirmed its commitment to the gold standard and relegated ... Basically Silver: 
1792-1834 . ..... Not long after the first coinage act was passed, the. [DOC] [TLE] History of United States Currency - KFDA - NewsChannel 10 ... [PAR] Paul Revere made the first plates for this &quot;Continental Currency&quot;. ... 
After the U.S. Constitution was ratified, Congress passed the "Mint Act" of April 2, 
... we became the first country in the world to adopt the decimal system for 
currency. ... private banks were permitted to print and circulate their own paper 
currency... [DOC] [TLE] History Of American Money; History of Money In United States | CMI ... [PAR] No further paper money was issued by the United States for over eighty years. ... 
statutes which had previously been adopted as the official monetary system. ... In 
1792, the Coinage Act was passed. ... Pennies and half pennies were made of 
copper. ... At first there was a run on gold as people traded in their greenbacks, 
but... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Dollar | From 1518 Bavaria

Question: The Mint Act of 1792 made the U.S. the first country in the world to adopt this system for its currency
Answer: Decimal system