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Coinage Act of 1853
Long title	An Act Amendatory of Existing Laws relative to the Half Dollar, Quarter Dollar, Dime, and Half Dime
Enacted by	the 32nd United States Congress
Effective	2 June 1853
Citations
Public law	P.L. 32–79
Statutes at Large	10 Stat. 160
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S.271 by Robert M. T. Hunter on 8 March 1852; Passed the Senate on 30 March 1852 ; Passed the House on 15 February 1853 ; Signed into law by President Millard Fillmore on 21 February 1853;

Background edit

Dunham, Cyrus L. (1 February 1853). "Speech of Hon. C. L. Dunham of Indiana". Congressional Globe, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session, Appendix: 190–193
Johnson, Andrew. (2 February 1853). "Speech". Congressional Globe, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session, 475–477
Martin, David A. (December 1973). "1853: The End of Bimetallism in the United States". The Journal of Economic History. 33 (4). Economic History Association: 825–844. JSTOR 2116788.