...Spinner. 198. FORM No. 45. (Back of Treasury Note.) This note is a legal tender at its face value for all debts public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. Counterfeiting or altering this note, or passing any counterfeit or alteration of...

...1862, and March 3, 1863, which say on the back: "This note is a legal-tender at its face value for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt," both of which are payable in metal - money. The law signed by President Lincoln,...

...lg(,2 The act of February 25th of that year provided for the issue of notes to be "lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the bonds and notes of the United States." Great opposition was made to the legal tender feature of...

...l8g2 The act of February 25th of that year provided for the issue of notes to be "lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the bonds and notes of the United States." Great opposition was made to the legal tender feature of...

...imd«r the act of February 25, 1862, and subsequent acts. They are by law made a legal tender in the payment of all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. By act of January 14, 1875, they have been redeemable in coin since January 1, 1879,...

...will pay " Bearer Five Dollars," and are endorsed, " This note is a legal tender at its face value for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports, and interest on the public debt." In 1873 gold was declared to be the standard, and specie payments were resumed. A...

...• • •This act restored to our coinage system, and to the people, the 412J grain silver dollar, and made it a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, without free coinage. It authorized the Government to purchase bullion, and coin not less than $2,000,000...

...promises to pay made by the Federal Government. These notes are a legal tender * at their face value for all debts public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. 365. National Bank-notes. — The notes printed by the Government and issued by the...

...$50, $100, $500, $1,000, 810,000. They are lawful money and a legal tender at their face value for all debts public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. Their present amount was fixed in 1878 at $346,681,016.0(1. One hundred millions of...

...silver dollars coined therefrom then held in the Treasury, purchased by such notes; which notes are made a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract, and also receivable for all customs, taxes and...