Show GOLD naf OF COLD come the following historical sketch of out oaf fa 0 old 11 1 hinge la Is condensed from na an evhans uvo 1 paper ot of at 0 W wright in ia lh IN journal of commerce ot of lat 1 weak 1 the double eaglan cle or 20 piece pec colo coin age affo ot of the lh double eagle wan authorized by tile alio act of march 3 1840 1849 its weight to IP grains lt its anisette is this thi technical form of expression premon ex memo meant that alint goo parts parta in 1000 aro are pure parts metal the other part aro arc alloy the total coinage of the 20 gold piece picco up to june JUDO 30 1877 the tb cloe clo e of tho the lut fiscally yew year WH was tho the amount ta 1 tar far greater than that of all tho the other olber coinage of the united it la in fact I 1 te the imperial cola coin of our oar country at once massive manur weighty and rudd in appearance 2 the eagle or 10 chice pt its coinage was RU authorized by the act of 0 april 1 1702 the on eight was wa firma bylaw by law nt at 0 grat but was vw changed f forty two beani tomail by tho the act of juno june 28 ican 1834 to 8 graine ins where it at bas remained ever CTT since binco itji tit fineness raa in the tha will analo bul was TM changed by I 1 toe act of june 24 2 IM the same fani act abat lowered ica it of eight alitia to ND two years acara and A itself subsequently its ita flemens was WAA in ocrie od then one on in so fc to lo its ica weight and here haro re thus hied to tho the present day the th total coinage coi of teim boblo poem picco of amm amen can money up to 0 june jano so 30 1877 IS illa aia IVA 58 lem than ono one fourteenth of the total coinage of the abo imperial imp frial double engle 3 the half eagle or 0 5 piece thin ells clo cant mia coia hu bee undergone tho the mine eagle ita wo althor laed by tho the amo mum ica act of april 2 1702 ita it 13 grain and its ita fl flaville atille by uio the act of june aa 1834 its weight was wa reduced to grains rud and its ita to 90 2 3 by tho the act of january lo 10 its itji was slightly raised to the uniform of DUO in ILA weight aid cut gema have thus remained to our time iw total camago coin iyo up to the tb clous close of tho the last it flos cial year was nat 4 the baglo or 4 2 1 50 piece this fino fine coin belongs to the mine forest y with tho the eagle and Is boll all eagle ito iti coinage kaa its ita weight and aad fine neam cot cor altered by the same acla the istatt fit of 17 92 made its ita weight eight of grains and its ita fineness its it weight was M reduced to 01 04 5 genius and aird atit to by tho act of 1931 1831 the act of 1837 raised its firse nemis to its total miss age up to juno june 30 1877 WM wan I 1 6 the dollar this pretty little gold piece WM was created by the act of march 3 1849 the same act that sat barsted tho the coinage of the double doable eagle it hu has remained unchanged its it n flight Is in grains and its ila total min coin ngo ago up lip to the close of the llie last foscal year WM was ft 41 throe dollar alece an net act of febra ary 21 1833 established this ahli irregular comit its weight el glit grains and iton tt finesse fin erse enem DOO ate aro of cf the sion donol sial standard and be hae a oot cot been changed by subsequent its iti cital comego up to juno 30 0 1877 WM WAS 1 it is hardly to state that alt all t less gold cold cows coina are legal tender to an unlimited I 1 amount the eti stute requires hangover that the weight should not nob be materially nii reduced by att attrition ration thum alo it ill bo be veen teen there aro are six ix pieces picc of gold fold coinage in tho the united states the th double anglo tho the three dollar piece the dollar picco au all of later coinage hito have not DOK been changed cb onfred in weight or licen licenses licences ces onset one of tho the barlieb ear lieb act of congress congou authorized tho the coinage ol of the angle the half eagle caplo and tho the they remained mainol rc of the amo me weight abt and noam M during moro more than forty years by the abo act of june jano as 8 1834 tho the weight find and fiacan fine ricia wore both material ly reduced to years and a half subsequently hy by tho the act ol of january 19 18 1873 tho the fineness maji asia increased by less than one part in a thousand tho the otan standard dard of weight nud and finen rout its remained the sense ctr since for nil all gold cold coin the Is tine nine parta ef ct puro pure gold cold sad and one part of alloy or 1100 paris in 1000 aa M it ax u yoner cz cx ed I 1 be standard of weigh t inand ing alloy with the gold ss ia 2 8 geln to the dollar the double engle a tenly times that grains the eagle ten tension bratu the five grains tho the throe three doliar piece ebreo times grown the quarta crigle aj twice that enins tho the ts is sometimes of w want bet is u abe alloy mailas I 1 in gold coin it il ivan at ab first a compound of anil and capper it was forbidden by statute that th ill I 1 alloy should b be wore mora than half adler I 1 jt t la is now nil all copper ol 01 ing to advancer in tho the let art of mo soying rod nod unproved methods in the total amount of gold coilio aminat is tip ip to june jono 30 1877 vlas M |