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Laws for the issue of United States paper money
[edit]| Act of | Statute and title | Amount (authorized) | Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 1861 |
12 Stat. 259 An act to authorize a national loan and for other purposes. |
Demand Note | ||
| 5 Aug 1861 |
12 Stat. 313 An act to authorize a national loan and for other purposes. |
Demand Note | ||
| 25 Feb 1862 |
12 Stat. 345 An act to authorize the issue of United States notes, and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the United States. |
Legal Tender | xxxxxxx | |
| 17 Mar 1862 |
12 Stat. 370 An act to authorize the purchase of coin and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 11 Jul 1862 |
12 Stat. 532 An act to authorize an additional issue of United States notes, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 17 Jul 1862 |
12 Stat. 592 An act to authorize payments in stamps, and to prohibit circulation of notes of less denomination than one dollar. |
Fractional currency | xxxxxxx | |
| 17 Jan 1863 |
12 Stat. 822 Joint resolution to provide for the immediate payment of the Army and Navy of the United States. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 3 Mar 1863 |
12 Stat. 709 An act to provide ways and means for the support of the Government. |
Legal Tender Interest Bearing Note Gold Certificate Fractional currency |
xxxxxxx | |
| 3 Jun 1864 |
13 Stat. 99 An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 30 Jun 1864 |
13 Stat. 218 An act to provide ways and means for the support of the government, and for other purposes. |
Interest Bearing Note Fractional currency |
xxxxxxx | |
| 3 Mar 1865 |
13 Stat. 498 An act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof.” |
Interest Bearing Note | xxxxxxx | |
| 3 Mar 1865 |
13 Stat. 498 An act to authorize the coinage of three-cent pieces, and for other purposes. |
Interest Bearing Note | xxxxxxx | |
| 12 Apr 1866 |
14 Stat. 31 An act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide ways and means to support the Government,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 16 May 1866 |
14 Stat. 47 An act to authorize the coinage of five-cent pieces. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 5 Feb 1867 |
14 Stat. 383 An act to punish certain crimes in relation to the public securities and currency, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 26 Mar 1867 |
15 Stat. 6 An act to exempt Wrapping-Paper, made from wood or cornstalks, from Internal Tax, and for other Purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 4 Feb 1868 |
15 Stat. 34 An act to suspend further reduction of the currency. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 19 Feb 1869 |
15 Stat. 270 An act to prevent loaning money upon United States notes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 18 Mar 1869 |
16 Stat. 1 An act to strengthen the public credit. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 12 Jul 1870 |
16 Stat. 251 An act to provide for the redemption of three per cent. Temporary loan certificates, and for an increase of national bank notes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 20 Jun 1874 |
18 Stat. 123 An act fixing the amount of United States notes, providing for a redistribution of the national bank currency, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 23 Jun 1874 |
18 Stat. 206 An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 14 Jan 1875 |
18 Stat. 296 An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 19 Jan 1875 |
18 Stat. 302 An act to remove the limitation restricting the circulation of banking-associations issuing notes payable in gold. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 8 Feb 1875 |
18 Stat. 311 An act to amend existing customs and internal revenue laws, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 3 Mar 1875 |
18 Stat. 372 An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 17 Apr 1876 |
19 Stat. 33 An act to provide for a deficiency in the Printing and Engraving Bureau of the Treasury Department, and for the issue of silver coin of the United States in place of fractional currency. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 30 Jun 1876 |
19 Stat. 63 An act authorizing the appointment of receivers of national banks, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 22 Jul 1876 |
19 Stat. 215 Joint resolution of the issue of silver coin. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 3 Mar 1877 |
19 Stat. 353 An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 28 Feb 1878 |
20 Stat. 25 An act to authorize the coinage of the standard silver dollar, and to restore its legal-tender character. |
Silver Certificate | xxxxxxx | |
| 31 May 1878 |
20 Stat. 87 An act to forbit the further retirement of United States legal-tender notes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 8 Jun 1878 |
20 Stat. 102 An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to constitute superintendents of mints or assayers in assay-offices, assistant treasurers of the United States. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 3 Mar 1879 |
20 Stat. 383 An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 21 Jun 1879 |
21 Stat. 30 An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 12 Jul 1882 |
22 Stat. 162 An act to enable national-banking associations to extend their corporate existence, and for other purposes. |
Gold Certificate | xxxxxxx | |
| 4 Aug 1886 |
24 Stat. 227 An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes. |
Silver Certificate | xxxxxxx | |
| 3 Mar 1887 |
24 Stat. 559 An act to amend sections five thousand one hundred and ninety-one and five thousand one hundred and ninety-two of the Revised Statues of the United States, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 14 Jul 1890 |
26 Stat. 289 An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes. |
Treasury Note (1890–91) | xxxxxxx | |
| 10 Feb 1891 |
26 Stat. 742 An act further to prevent counterfeiting or manufacture of dies, tools, or other implements used in counterfeiting, and providing penalties therefor, and providing for the issue of search warrants in certain cases. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 28 Jul 1892 |
27 Stat. 322 An act to amend the national bank act in providing for the redemption of national bank notes stolen from or lost by banks of issue. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 1 Nov 1893 |
28 Stat. 4 An act to repeal a part of an act approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes.” |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 13 Aug 1894 |
28 Stat. 278 An act to subject to State taxation national bank notes and United States Treasury notes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 1 Jul 1898 |
30 Stat. 605 An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 3 Mar 1899 |
30 Stat. 1264 An act to define and punish crimes in the District of Alaska and to provide a code of criminal procedure for said district. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 14 Mar 1900 |
31 Stat. 45 An act to define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes. |
Gold Certificate | xxxxxxx | |
| 23 Apr 1900 |
31 Stat. 139 An act making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 3 Mar 1901 |
31 Stat. 1448 An act to amend section fifty-one hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States. |
xxxxxxx | ||
| 4 Mar 1907 |
34 Stat. 1289 An act to amend the national banking act, and for other purposes. |
Gold Certificate | xxxxxxx | |
| 30 May 1908 |
35 Stat. 546 An act to amend the national banking laws. |
xxxxxxx |