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  List of United States federal legislation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Today, Acts of Congress are designated in the form: Public Law X-Y where X is the number of the ordinal Congress and Y is the number of the chronological order of the Act in that Congress.
December 22, 1807 - Embargo Act of 1807, ch.
February 12, 1873 - Fourth Coinage Act, ch.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_legislation   (1856 words)

  
 Independence Coin Services, Gold and Silver Collectors Coins for Coin Collectors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The year also witnessed the death of baseball legend Babe Ruth, the birth of the State of Israel and with his presidential election upset of Thomas E. Dewey, a new lease on life in the White House for Harry Truman.
It would be hard to fault Director Ross for her choice of Ben Franklin as a U.S. coinage subject.
This had been required by law on the half dollar since 1792 and was reaffirmed by the Coinage Act of 1873, which mandated the placement of an eagle on every U.S. silver coin larger than the dime.
www.independencecoin.com /CoinHistory_15.cfm   (1237 words)

  
 Franklin Half Dollar
The year also witnessed the death of baseball legend Babe Ruth, the birth of the State of Israel and, with his presidential election upset of Thomas E. Dewey, a new lease on life in the White House for Harry S Truman.
In 1948, an important change took place in United States coinage as well, when the Franklin half dollar made its debut.
Years later, Sinnock was accused of modeling his version of the Liberty Bell, without proper credit, on a sketch by artist John Frederick Lewis.
www.coinresource.com /guide/photograde/pg_50cFranklin.htm   (1281 words)

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