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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 2596449, member: 30400&quot;]What a mess! Here&#039;s a condensed summary of Coinage Acts by Congress.</p><p>Lance.</p><p><br /></p><p>1864 - The cent and 2-cent pieces were made legal tender but limited to 10c and 20c respectively.</p><p><br /></p><p>1865 - The new 3-cent nickel could be tendered up to 60c. The cent and 2-cent were dropped to just 4c (but weren&#039;t allowed to be exchanged by the Treasury for 3c pieces).</p><p><br /></p><p>1866 - The new nickel could be tendered up to $1. The half cent, cent and 2-cent pieces were prohibited except to buy stamps (but the PO could not redeem them through the Treasury).</p><p><br /></p><p>1871 - The half cent, cent and 2-cent pieces were tendered.</p><p><br /></p><p>1873 - The cent, nickel and 3-cent nickel were tender up to 25c. The T$ was given legal tender status.</p><p><br /></p><p>1874 - All S$&#039;s minted before 1874 were no longer legal tender.</p><p><br /></p><p>1875 - The 20 cent piece was legal tender up to $5.</p><p><br /></p><p>1876 - The T$ lost legal tender status but was to continue being struck for trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>1878 - The S$ was restored to legal tender. No cap to all new S$&#039;s (Morgans).</p><p><br /></p><p>1879 - Fractional silver was limited to $10.</p><p><br /></p><p>1887 - No more T$&#039;s could be minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>1933 - T$ and half-cent given legal tender status. The 1873 and 1879 limits were lifted. (Not a Congressional Act but combination of a Joint Resolution and a Public Law.)</p><p><br /></p><p>1965 - All limits, for all coins, lifted including the fuzzy T$ and half-cent (see above).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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