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Show Early Currency Laws The circulation of foreign money was so general throughout the United States for 25 years approximately after , the adoption of the dollar as our unit of exchange that il was a vital element ele-ment in the circulation. Congress recognized rec-ognized this great need by enacting a number of laws regulating foreign coins and making them legal tender Finally congress on February 21, 1850. enacted a law repealing former acts which had made foreign money a cor rency or legal tender. |