Laws Authorizing Issuance of Medals and Commemorative CoinsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1938 - Commemorative coins |
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ACT To authorize America in Congress applicable appropriate single design Approved authorize the coinage coinage of 50-cent coining or striking coins herein authorized Congress assembled debasement or counter decorations Director distinguished flying cross distinguished-service medal eighteen hundred face value fiftieth anniversary force relating Grant memorial guarding the process hereby authorized House of Representatives hundred and fiftieth hundredth anniversary justify the award laws are penal legal tender Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Commander Major Marine Corps medal of honor Medical Corps minted or issued Navy cross payment penal or otherwise pieces in commemoration President prevention of debasement process of coinage Provided purchase of material Rear Admiral redemption of coins regulating and guarding Second Lieutenant Secretary Secretary of War Senate and House Sergeant service medal silver 50-cent pieces special appropriate single standard troy weight subsidiary silver coins thereof thousand silver 50-cent troy weight United States Army United States Navy World's Columbian Exposition
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Page 87 - That if any person shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting, any bill or note in imitation of, or purporting to be...
Page 64 - That all laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver coins of the United States and the coining or striking of the same, regulating and guarding the process of coinage, providing for the purchase of material, and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of the coins, for the prevention of debasement or counterfeiting, for security of the coin, or for any other...
Page 88 - ... shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than ninety days or both in the discretion of the court.
Page 65 - ... of the United States and the coining or striking of the same ; regulating and guarding the process of coinage; providing for the purchase of material, and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of the coins; for the prevention of debasement or counterfeiting ; for security of the coin ; or for any other purposes, whether said laws are penal or otherwise, shall, so far as applicable, apply to the coinage herein directed.
Page 75 - ... to be fixed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury...