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Sec. 3584. "No foreign gold or silver coin
shall be a legal tender in payment of debts."
Under Title 37, same book, page 696, we find as follows:
Sec. 3511. "The gold coins of the United States shall be a one dollar
piece, which at the standard weight of twenty-five and eight-tenth grains,
shall be the unit of value." * * *
Sec. 3585. "The gold coins of the United States shall be a legal
tender in all payments at their nominal value when not below the standard
weight and limit of tolerance provided by law for the single piece, and
when reduced in weight value such standard and tolerance, shall be a legal
tender at valuation in proportion to their actual weight." |