The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-11-29
A1m0l0A1G GOLD.
Historical ohseoh a N Vaxiou.
Am0gjoon Gold Ooano.

Og0Co0 00o0 O0GD.
The following Historical sketeh
Ct our go@d oo1oage = co0denood
from On exhaustive poper a Mr.. q.
". Wright, In the Milwaukee Jour.
vat Qf (6ssSserce:
I. The double eaGje, o. 20 pjece.
Coinage of the 6oeb)o eaG1o ~ ~.
thosised BY TIE aet q Mach :, l6l0.
1ts weight = SIC grains. III 6nsnopg
= 600. (Thls technical form Of a.
preston means that 90 pogls IN !. l.00o
ase pure metal, IT, ot6sr leo parts
aIe alloy The total coinage Il Tie
I'd goSd ptece up . Jane %, 1917,
the close q the 1T Aseal year, W.
>ooo. .foe, 40. The amount = az
gToalee than that q al the other
coinage q The United States. Il, In
het, = the imperial coin a our
country, at once massive, weighty
and regal In appeoSanee.
2 The sag3e, q 90 pieee. IT.
coinage Was authorized hy the aot o(
April I, l7o2 The voighe ~ 6rse
esaablshed By laW at 30 grains, bet
va changed = ysass alterward. 81
the aot q yuns q. 1854. 70 96e gsllne,
whore Il has resnained ever since.
Its 1nsness Was In tho beginning
made 0.16}, out Was changed by tho
aet q June q, 1eol, the same aet
that lowered it1 we'd 9ht . aoo. Is.
Two yeaSs and . hall Subsequently
it, nneness Was inereaoed-les than
one part IN . thousand-to ga! III
Welght and 0neneGs have remained
thus fixed 70 the present day. The
total coinage of this noble pioce o(
American money up 20 June q. 1871,
was 466, ~, ,z0-less than 90 1our.
teeuth q The total coinage of the i'm
pe1ial double eagle.
3. The half ea9le, o. s piece. This
eleeant coin has u1dee9o1o the same
victssitudes = the eagio. Its coinage
was authorised BY the same ct O
April 2, 17ee. Its weight w. rs
grains and it, AneneaD 0l64. BY the
act Of June q, 1854, it. weight was
reduced to I'D grains and IL 1neness
to 0oo.22& BY the act q January l6,
1867, it, 0ne0eaD W. sliGhtly raised
to the uniform standard of go. 1tD
weight and llneness have thus -.
nnainnd h 0nP tlmna. III fnfal 0oin.
a9e- M to the 49, of tha - 6ooal
~. ~ ~. M 0l6.
M cuartereoeie. q q. 50 piece.
Thi. 6ns eoin heloncs "a ~ sanne
hmilv I'M ~ ee~Ie ~ ~. ~.
m cc{nsse - sufkeriaed. M veicht
IA 1nensss cosresnondin1lv slfefed
~ ~ sems ~ The s{afnte Al
To- ~; - n. Vci~ht III d n ~rsine
ma ita llnenee 0l6f. Ite veieht ~
neauced 10 04.6 efsine and m 6no.
M IA IN. ~ 6v the M Of lo3l.
The IL AZ l837 ra1:ad il fIneneos 70
m The fo1sl coineee mn 70 June
IN 1s77 ~ ~ 076 nm.
( The dollsr. Tkia preftv little
.old nieee ~ creafed bv the ~ o(
Hannh 4 1a1o- ~ aDnna 1t 1haf an
thorised the coinaee o6 The doable
ee1le. II M reanained unchaneed.
RI wei9hr n 8. aralns and IL 1no.
nees SOD. IT. total coinage up to the
cloee N tlhe ~ 6scal ve9r ~ 1l0.-
345. ~.
q .rhree.aollar nieoe. An aek a
Fehrnarv u. 196s. estahlished this irA
rer:.lar coin. Ity veieht. q. 7.4xraina,
IA lto nneneao. 600. are q t6e noe.
mi otandard. and have not heen
cfanee(l by su6eeuuept aets. Its
fn1al eDinaxe M 70 June 81. 1877. wss
81 I'm rs.
it = hardly neceesery to state that
all theae eotd eoins are leenl tender
"a IN unIimited anount. nc Ied-
er.i atafnfe reauirea. hoveveF. that
M ~.i~le .l,n.eill ~ r. me.farial1v
realueed bv aitrition.
Thns if viii IS ZEN there are six
nieces Of sold cpinaee In The United
XIII. Tke donbIe.essie. the three-
dollar piece, the dollar piece-all Of
later colnaxe--hsve not been changed
in veieht or fineness. one of The
ear)iest acts Of Congress authorised
the cDina.e OF the eaele. the half.
ee~le a,,d The onartereaele, they
nemsined al the seme vei9ht and
nneness duriue more than forty
veans. Nv the ct Of June q, 1881,
the vei9ht and 1nenes were both
n,ateT1ally reduced.
Tvo vears and half subsequently,,
one part In : thousand. The stand-
gold coin. The hneness p nine paris
Of pure gold and one part o. alIoy; , ~
500 part: tn ,OM, 9 = y eene1,s.'y
expresoed. The seandaro o. wesent..
including alloy, with the eoN.ss
25.6 grains to the dollar; the oouoac.
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