Coinage Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

and the United States related to coinage.

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* Coinage Act 1816, defined the value of

pound sterling Sterling (symbol: £; currency code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound is the main unit of sterling, and the word '' pound'' is also used to refer to the British currency general ...

relative to

gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...

Coinage Offences Act 1861 The Coinage Offences Act 1861 ( 24 & 25 Vict. c. 99) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which codified various coinage offences. It was repealed and replaced by the Coinage Offences Act 1936 ( 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 16). ...

( 24 & 25 Vict. c. 99) * Coinage Act 1870, stated the metric weights of British coins * Coinage Act 1891 ( 54 & 55 Vict. c. 72) * Coinage Act 1920 ( 10 & 11 Geo. 5 c. 3) * Coinage Act 1946 ( 9 & 10 Geo. 6 c. 74) *

Coinage Act 1971 The Coinage Act 1971 (c. 24) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which consolidated prior coinage-related enactments relating to the country's coinage. Among its provisions, which coins (but not notes) are legal tender was redefi ...

, made provisions for

decimalisation Decimalisation or decimalization (see American and British English spelling differences, spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by Power of 10, powers of 10. Most countries have ...

of the pound sterling *

Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011 The Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011 (c. 17) is an Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amends s.1 and s.3 of the Coinage Act 1971 to allow the method for measuring and confirming the weight of coins t ...

, amended the Coinage Act 1971 to allow the method for measuring and confirming the weight of coins to be set by proclamation

United States

* Coinage Act of 1792, established the U.S. Mint and defined coinage standards; silver-to-gold ratio set at 15:1 * Coinage Act of 1834, altered the silver-to-gold ratio to 16:1 *

Coinage Act of 1849 The Coinage Act of 1849 was an Act of the United States Congress passed during the California Gold Rush authorizing the Mint to produce two new gold coins in response to the increased gold supply: the small gold dollar and the large double e ...

, created two new denominations of gold coins, $1 and $20 * Coinage Act of 1853, reduced the silver in half-dollar, quarter, dime, and half-dime coins; authorized a $3 gold coin *

Coinage Act of 1857 The Coinage Act of 1857 (Act of Feb. 21, 1857, Chap. 56, 34th Cong., Sess. III, 11 Stat. 163) was an act of the United States Congress which ended the status of foreign coins as legal tender, repealing all acts "authorizing the currency of foreig ...

, forbid use of foreign coins as legal tender, reduced the size of the cent, ended the half-cent coin *

Coinage Act of 1864 The Coinage Act of 1864 was a United States federal law passed on April 22, 1864, which changed the composition of the Cent (United States coin), one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the Two-cent piece (United States coin), two-cent coin. ...

, mandated that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency *

Coinage Act of 1873 The Coinage Act of 1873 or Mint Act of 1873 was a general revision of laws relating to the Mint of the United States. By ending the right of holders of silver bullion to have it coined into standard silver dollars, while allowing holders of g ...

, made the U.S. Mint part of the Treasury Department; silver demonetized, three minor coins terminated *

Coinage Act of 1965 The Coinage Act of 1965, , eliminated silver from the circulating United States Dime (United States coin), dime (ten-cent piece) and Quarter (United States coin), quarter dollar coins. It also reduced the silver content of the Half dollar (Unite ...

, effectively ended the mintage of circulating silver coins

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