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The Busy Man's Hand-Book (Foreign Coins On March an Act)

Foreign Coins.-On March 3, 1843, an Act was passed, under which the following foreign gold coins are allowed currency by weight: Those of Britain, 9152- 1000ths in fineness, at 941 cents per dwt.; and those of France, 899-1000ths in fineness, at 92 cents per dwt. And the following foreign silver coins are allowed currency by tale; Spanish pillar dollars, and the dollars of Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia, 897-1000ths in fineness, and 415 grains in weight, at 100 cents each; and French 5 franc pieces, 900-1000ths in fineness, and 384 grains in weight, at 93 cents each. In the Tariff or Customs Tables the sovereign is now valued at $4.8665.