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A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains
of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of
412.5 grains. |
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A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of
gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8
grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined. |
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A coin of the same general weight and value, though
differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada,
parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European
countries. |
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The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the
United States in reckoning money values. |