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Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Legislation

March 27, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 98—70TH CONGRESS H.R. 81 March 7, 1928 An Act To authorize the coinage of silver 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook, and for...

Oregon Trail Commemorative Coin Legislation

March 27, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 235—69TH CONGRESS H.R. 8306 May 17, 1926 An Act To authorize the coinage of silver 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the heroism of the fathers and mothers who traversed the Oregon Trail to the Far West with great hardship,...

Vermont, California, Fort Vancouver Commemorative Coin Legislation

March 27, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 452—68TH CONGRESS S. 3895 February 24, 1925 An Act To authorize the coinage of silver 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bennington and the independence of Vermont, in commemoration of...

U.S. Mint History: The “Crime of 1873”

April 13, 2021 - By Office of Corporate Communications March 22, 2017 When President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the Coinage Act of 1873 (also known as the Mint Act of 1873 or the Fourth Coinage Act), the ramifications of his action would...

Stone Mountain Commemorative Coin Legislation

March 8, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 46—68TH CONGRESS S. 684 March 17, 1924 An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the commencement on June 18, 1923, of the work of carving on Stone Mountain, in the State of Georgia, a...

American Independence Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Legislation

February 22, 2017 - PUBLIC RESOLUTION—NO. 62—68TH CONGRESS S.J. Res. 187 March 3, 1925 Joint Resolution Providing for the cooperation of the United States in the sesquicentennial exhibition commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate...

Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Legislation

February 22, 2017 - PUBLIC RESOLUTION—NO. 43—68TH CONGRESS H.J. Res. 259 January 14, 1925 Joint Resolution Establishing a commission for the participation of the United States in the observance of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, authorizing...

Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Commemorative Coin Legislation

February 22, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 440—67TH CONGRESS S. 4468 February 26, 1923 An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the settling of New Netherland, the Middle States, in 1624, by Walloons, French and Belgian...

Monroe Doctrine Centennial Commemorative Coin Legislation

February 22, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 391—67TH CONGRESS S. 4096 January 24, 1923 An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the enunciation of the Monroe doctrine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of...

Ulysses S. Grant Commemorative Coin Legislation

February 22, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 137—67TH CONGRESS H.R. 6119 February 2, 1922 An Act To authorize the coinage of a Grant memorial gold dollar and a Grant memorial silver half dollar in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of General Ulysses S. Grant,...