The Contraction of the Currency: An Argument ... Proving that the Circulating Medium of the Country Has Not Been Materially Diminished Since 1865 |
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... less than at the present time . The large volume of currency that it is claimed was in circulation in 1865 , is made up by counting as currency all " certificates of de- posit , certificates of debt , one and two year , and compound ...
... less than at the present time . The large volume of currency that it is claimed was in circulation in 1865 , is made up by counting as currency all " certificates of de- posit , certificates of debt , one and two year , and compound ...
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... less than $ 20,000,000 66 ' as the exigencies of the public services should require , " and receivable for all public dues . They were issued to the full amount , bore five and five - and - a - half per cent . interest , and on April 30 ...
... less than $ 20,000,000 66 ' as the exigencies of the public services should require , " and receivable for all public dues . They were issued to the full amount , bore five and five - and - a - half per cent . interest , and on April 30 ...
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... less than $ 50 , which , bearing six per cent . interest , were paid out " to meet the exigencies of the public service " to the amount of $ 35,364,450 . About one - third of these were payable sixty days after date and the remainder in ...
... less than $ 50 , which , bearing six per cent . interest , were paid out " to meet the exigencies of the public service " to the amount of $ 35,364,450 . About one - third of these were payable sixty days after date and the remainder in ...
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... less than $ 100 in de- nomination ) which were issued by the United States to any one depositing a like amount of legal tender notes at any Government depositaries . They bore interest at rates ranging from four to six per cent . , and ...
... less than $ 100 in de- nomination ) which were issued by the United States to any one depositing a like amount of legal tender notes at any Government depositaries . They bore interest at rates ranging from four to six per cent . , and ...
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... less than $ 3 , and were receivable for all United States dues , except duties , in sums less than $ 5 . The highest amount of the postal and fractional currency outstanding at any one time was $ 49,102,660.27 and the retirement of the ...
... less than $ 3 , and were receivable for all United States dues , except duties , in sums less than $ 5 . The highest amount of the postal and fractional currency outstanding at any one time was $ 49,102,660.27 and the retirement of the ...
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act entitled act of Congress ACT OF JULY act of March ACT TO AUTHORIZE ACT TO PROVIDE aggregate April 30 Assistant Treasurers authorized the issue bearing interest bonds authorized centum per annum certificates of deposit certificates of indebtedness claimed compound interest notes contraction Demand Notes denominations dollar duties on imports entitled An act equal amount exceed exchange February 25 five per cent Five-Twenties fractional currency fund gold greenbacks hereby authorized HONEST MONEY LEAGUE interest-bearing legal tenders issue of United July 17 June standing June lawful money legal tender notes less than $50 National bank notes notes issued outstanding paid paper money payable semi-annually payment Postal Currency public dues purpose receive redeemable redemption rency revenue stamps second table Secretary SECTION seigniorage seven-thirties six per cent standing June 30 standing June standing Stat table of currency temporary loan certificates thereof tion Treasury is hereby United States notes
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Page 42 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 55 - An act to provide a National currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," approved June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 46 - ... dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding five per centum per annum; and any amount so deposited may be withdrawn from deposit, at any time after ten days...
Page 44 - That the grants aforesaid are made upon condition that said company shall pay said bonds at maturity, and shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use. and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops, and munitions of war, supplies, and public stores upon said railroad for the Government, whenever required to do so by any department thereof, and that...
Page 21 - And said treasury notes may be made a legal tender to the same extent as United States notes, for their face value excluding interest...
Page 60 - ... revenues from time to time in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to issue, sell, and dispose of. at not less than par in coin, either of the descriptions of bonds of the United States described in the act of Congress approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled 'An act to authorize the refunding of the national debt...
Page 19 - ... nor shall the total amount of United States notes, issued or to be issued, ever exceed $400,000,000, and such additional sum, not exceeding $50,000,000, as may be temporarily required for the redemption of temporary loan...
Page 61 - The coin deposited for or representing the certificates shall be retained in the Treasury for the payment of the same on demand. Said certificates shall be receivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues, and, when so received, may be reissued.
Page 45 - States, coupon or registered, as may by said holder be desired, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and redeemable at the pleasure of the United States after five years, and payable twenty years from the date thereof.
Page 50 - And all stocks, bonds, and other securities of the United States, held by individuals, corporations or associations, within the United States, shall be exempt from taxation by or under State authority.