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  2. Free silver - Wikipedia

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    Republican campaign poster of 1896 attacking free silver. Free silver was a major economic policy issue in the United States in the late 19th century. Its advocates were in favor of an expansionary monetary policy featuring the unlimited coinage of silver into money on-demand, as opposed to strict adherence to the more carefully fixed money supply implicit in the gold standard.

  3. Morgan dollar - Wikipedia

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    Morgan dollar. The Morgan dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1878 to 1904, in 1921, and beginning again in 2021 as a collectible. It was the first standard silver dollar minted since the passage of the Coinage Act of 1873, which ended the free coining of silver and the production of the previous design, the Seated Liberty dollar.

  4. Sherman Silver Purchase Act - Wikipedia

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    The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was a United States federal law enacted on July 14, 1890. [1] The measure did not authorize the free and unlimited coinage of silver that the Free Silver supporters wanted. It increased the amount of silver the government was required to purchase on a recurrent monthly basis to 4.5 million ounces.

  5. American Silver Eagle - Wikipedia

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    The American Silver Eagle is the official silver bullion coin of the United States. It was first released by the United States Mint on November 24, 1986, and portrays the Goddess of Liberty in a design by Adolph A. Weinman that was originally used on the Walking Liberty half dollar from 1916 to 1947. The American Silver Eagle is struck only in ...

  6. Silver coin - Wikipedia

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    A silver écu, minted in 1784, depicting Louis XVI, King of France. Silver coins are one of the oldest mass-produced form of coinage. Silver has been used as a coinage metal since the times of the Greeks; their silver drachmas were popular trade coins. The ancient Persians used silver coins between 612–330 BC.

  7. Coinage Act of 1873 - Wikipedia

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    Signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on February 12, 1873. The Coinage Act of 1873 or Mint Act of 1873 was a general revision of laws relating to the Mint of the United States. By ending the right of holders of silver bullion to have it coined into standard silver dollars, while allowing holders of gold to continue to have their ...

  8. Silver certificate (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Silver certificates are a type of representative money issued between 1878 and 1964 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency. [ 1] They were produced in response to silver agitation by citizens who were angered by the Fourth Coinage Act, which had effectively placed the United States on a gold standard. [ 2]

  9. American Buffalo silver dollar - Wikipedia

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    The American Buffalo silver dollar is a commemorative silver dollar issued by the United States Mint in 2001. [ 1] The coin commemorates both the National Museum of the American Indian and the Buffalo nickel, the latter serving as the basis for the dollar's design. The coin was authorized by Pub. L. 106–375 (text) (PDF) .

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