Definition

• The popular name for the silver dollar issued in the United States from 1878 to 1904 inclusive. It owes its origin to the Bland-Allison Act of Feb- ruary 28, 1878, which provided for a mini- mum monthly silver coinage of two mil- lion dollars, and established this coin of 412 1/2 grains troy as legal tender.

  The Act takes its name from Congress- man Richard Bland of Missouri, and Sen- ator William B. Allison of Iowa.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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