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Show Till: MM lit 1101 1.Ul. Tho history of the sliver dollar la an eventful aud Inteieatlng one. It was tstabllthid on July 0, 17oS, by the C'outluintal tiuugrtet, although the met weight was not fln-illy fixed uutll Augmt 8, 170(1, when It t mado equal to that of the old Bjanlsh dollar whose weight was 410 grulnaof standard sitter aud 80.1.4 Hue. Thli waa equivalent to 371 J grains of fine silver with 44 gnlnt of crudu tllttr. Hilt dollar, howevir, did not originate with tbo Spaniards but wut first coined nudcalled a tholir at a inlulug town In llohomlo. l'levloutt) July, 178tho tohiilis uted tho Kuglli tl coll.-ago. coll.-ago. The weight of this coin wrs changed In 18.7 by act of Jan. 1 Stb, to C11.J grains of Odd Hue, preserving ihu tamo amount of pure allvel J7IJ grains with 1-10 alliy. Tblt titwu, discontinued by net of 1'ib. I-, 1873, wlikh nlto dtcrced thut the tlmt-honottd tlmt-honottd und Uonttllutlon-sblelded imaturo of aluis should betuohuo longer. It was niKUn it Itgsl tender lu auieutuf all euma of live dullart or itrs, nuJ thuact might at well have diclartd In tu raauy wordt that the t onttltutlon to far as It relates to sitter sit-ter wustttatldoand tho natal wus no longer one out of which money should becolued. All SUlittqueut lexillttlull uii the subject has becu of thu nisko-thill nisko-thill order nudylildul butllttlo If auy practical benefit |