Pages related to: Mint History

Philadelphia Mint Operations Legislation

April 5, 2017 - Act of May 19, 1828 Continuing the Mint at Philadelphia, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Continues the Mint at Philadelphia until otherwise provided by law. SEC. 2. Establishes the brass toy weight procured in 1827 as the standard troy...

Legislation to Regulate Gold Coins

April 5, 2017 - Act of June 28, 1834 Concerning gold coins of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the gold coins of...

Legislation to Regulate Legal-Tender Value of Foreign Gold Coins

April 6, 2017 - Act of June 28, 1834 Regulates the legal-tender value of certain foreign coins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the thirty-first day of...

Legislation to Further the Establishment of a Mint

April 5, 2017 - Act of January 18, 1837 Further in regard to the establishment of a mint and regulation of coins of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress...

Gold Dollar and Double Eagle Coin Legislation

April 5, 2017 - Act of March 3, 1849 Authorizing the coinage of gold dollars and double eagles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be, from time to...

Legislation to Allow for New Coin Designs

April 5, 2017 - Act of September 26, 1890 To amend section thirty-five hundred and ten of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to provide for new designs of authorized devices of United States coins. Be it enacted by the Senate and...

John F. Kennedy Half Dollar Coin Legislation

April 3, 2017 - Public Law 88-256 88th Congress, H.R. 9413 December 30, 1963 77 STAT. 83. An Act To provide for the coinage of 50-cent pieces bearing the likeness of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of...

Battle of Gettysburg Commemorative Coin Legislation

March 31, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 690—74TH CONGRESS H.R. 11533 June 16, 1936 An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the...