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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 959807, member: 66&quot;]It&#039;s been awhile back, less than a year after ICG slabbed it.&nbsp; Did some searching, it was two months after ICG slabbed it and shortly before Sept 26 2005.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Act of April 2 1792 (The law that established the mint.)</p><p>Section 14 first sentence</p><p>That it shall be lawful for any person or persons to bring to the said mint gold and silver bullion, in order to their being coined; and that the bullion so brought shall be there assayed and coined as speedily as may be after the receipt thereof, and that free of expense to the person or persons by whom the same shall be brought.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sec 14 DOES provide for a fee of 1/2 of 1% if the depositor wants immediate payment rather than waiting for his bullion to be coined</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, Act of Feb 21 1853 Sec 5 States that no deposits for coinage into half dimes through half dollars shall hereafter be received except from the treasurer of the Mint. (note that this does not apply to dollar coins.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Sec 6 allows deposits of gold or silver by private citizens for casting into bars either pure or of standard fineness.&nbsp; In that case the depositor will be charged for parting or refining if needed plus a fee of 1/2 of 1%.</p><p><br /></p><p>Act of Feb 12 1873</p><p>Sec 20 provides for the deposit of gold for coinage (deposit must be at least $100.)</p><p>Sec 21 provides for the deposit of silver for either bars or Trade dollars. (since the standard dollar was no longer included in the law silver could not be deposited for them.) </p><p>Sec 25 fees&nbsp; for coinage of gold (so gold coinage is no longer free), or making bars, or silver into Trade dollars.&nbsp; Gold is 1/5 of 1%. Fee for trade dollars not to exceed the actual cost of any assaying, refining, or the cost of the copper alloy if the deposit is above standard fineness.&nbsp; So actual costs, no other fees.</p><p><br /></p><p>And of course the Presidential gold recall order ended the conversion of gold into coins or bars in 1933.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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