Annual Report of the Director of the Mint

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Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Mint, 1961 - Coinage
 

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Page 159 - The verifications shall be subscribed and sworn to before a Notary Public or other officer authorized to administer oaths in the jurisdiction in which such application is executed.
Page 124 - the proportion of silver to gold in the monetary stocks of the United States should be increased, with the ultimate objective of having and maintaining, one-fourth of the monetary value of such stocks in silver.
Page 128 - The President is further authorized to issue silver certificates in such denominations as he may prescribe against any silver bullion, silver, or standard silver dollars in the Treasury not then held for redemption of any outstanding silver certificates, and to coin standard silver dollars or subsidiary currency for the redemption of such silver certificates.
Page 127 - In order to furnish suitable notes for circulation as Federal reserve notes, the Comptroller of the Currency shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, cause plates and dies to be engraved in the best manner to guard against counterfeits and fraudulent alterations, and shall have printed therefrom and numbered such quantities of such notes of the denominations of $5, $10, $20, $50, $100...
Page 125 - State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure, and condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law.
Page 125 - Whoever willfully violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or of any license, order, rule or regulation Issued thereunder, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000 or, if a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both; and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in such violation may be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both. As used in this subdivision the term "person...
Page 113 - ... the alloy of the one-cent piece shall be ninety-five per centum of copper and five per centum of tin and zinc, in such proportions as shall be determined by the Director of the Mint. The weight of the piece of...
Page 124 - All coins and currencies of the United States (including Federal Reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal Reserve banks and national banking associations) heretofore or hereafter coined or issued, shall be legal tender for all debts, public and private, public charges, taxes, duties, and dues...
Page 207 - States there shall be the following devices and legends: Upon one side there shall be an impression emblematic of liberty, with an inscription of the word "Liberty" and the year of the coinage, and upon the reverse shall be the figure or representation of an eagle, with the inscriptions "United States of America...
Page 158 - PART 100— EXCHANGE OF PAPER CURRENCY AND COIN Sec. 100.2 Scope of regulations; transactions effected through Federal Reserve banks and branches; distribution of coin and currencies. Subpart A — In General 100.3 Lawfully held coins and currencies In general. 100.4 Gold coin and gold certificates in general. Subpart B— Exchange of Mutilated Paper Currency 100.5 Mutilated paper. 100.6 Evidence required in connection with mutilated paper. 100.7 Affidavits.

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