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Coinage Act of 1853
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleAn Act Amendatory of Existing Laws relative to the Half Dollar, Quarter Dollar, Dime, and Half Dime
Enacted bythe 32nd United States Congress
Effective2 June 1853
Citations
Public lawP.L. 32–79
Statutes at Large10 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

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  • 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.

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