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 Rh the unit of value was prior to 1873. We had the silver dollar as the unit. And we had both gold and silver as money walking arm in arm into the United States mints.



"We now come to the act of 1873," continued "On February 12, 1873, Congress passed an act purporting to be a revision of the coinage laws. This law