Banking, ancient and modern ..together with full instructions as to the business methods of the Treasury Department at Washington, . and 25 cent pieces were coined in California and Colorado. Theyare extremely rare, and, on this account, are frequently was also coined a piece known as the Twenty-five dollar pieceofTempleton Reid. The majority of the coins issued by private parties were of thesame denomination as the coins of the United States. As theseprivate coins were not authorized ^although permitted) by law, theyare not redeemable by Government, and, as a matter
Banking, ancient and modern ..together with full instructions as to the business methods of the Treasury Department at Washington, . and 25 cent pieces were coined in California and Colorado. Theyare extremely rare, and, on this account, are frequently was also coined a piece known as the Twenty-five dollar pieceofTempleton Reid. The majority of the coins issued by private parties were of thesame denomination as the coins of the United States. As theseprivate coins were not authorized ^although permitted) by law, theyare not redeemable by Government, and, as a matter of course, none ofthem are in the Treasury. Applications for any of the coins referredto, or any correspondence on the subject, should be addressed to someof the numerous dealers in rare coins to be found in all large cities.(Compiled principally from Eckfeldt & Du BoisManual of Coins, 1S51 j ORIGIN OF THP: dollar mark ($) The dollar unit, as a money of account, was established by Act ofCongress of April 2, 1792, and the same Act provides for the coinageof a silver dollar of the value of a Spanish milled dollar as the same is 95.
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