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some british type coins were minted on american soil early as the 1650's
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the mint act of april 1792authorized $10,$5,and$2.50 gold coins and $1,$50,and 25 cent silver coins
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the mint act began operation in 1794
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by 1830 many foreign coins still remainded in circulation
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the us government did not print paper money itself until 1861
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national currency act of 1863stablish standars for currency
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the federal reserve act established the basic banking system in used today.
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before worl war 1many countries didnt issue paper money , and after the worl war 1 the united states had (currency) paper money printed by the goverment.
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design changes were made to dollar bills to combat counterfeiting.
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in 1999 the u mint issue quarters commemorating the 50 states
