Coinage Act

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Coinage Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States related to coinage.

List

Coinage Offences Act 1861 (see List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1860–1879#1861 (24 & 25 Vict.))
Coinage Act 1870, stated the metric weights of British coins
Coinage Act 1971 (see List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1960–1979#1971)
Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011, amended the Coinage Act 1971 to allow the method for measuring and confirming the weight of coins to be set by proclamation

Coinage Act of 1792, established the U.S. Mint and defined coinage standards; silver-to-gold ratio set at 15:1
Coinage Act of 1834, altered the gold to silver ratio to a 16:1 silver-to-gold ratio
Coinage Act of 1849, created two new denominations of gold coins, $1 and $20
Coinage Act of 1857, forbid use of foreign coins as legal tender, reduced the size of the cent, ended the half-cent coin
Coinage Act of 1864, mandated that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency
Coinage Act of 1873, made the U.S. Mint part of the Treasury Department; silver demonetized, three minor coins terminated
Coinage Act of 1965, effectively ended the mintage of circulating silver coins