...protected by a gold reserve of approximately $156,000,000 held in the Treasury. They are full legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public- debt. Since the resumption of specie payments on January 1, 1879, however, these notes have been freely accepted...

...could be redeemed. There was little reason to hope, during the last two years of the war, that the " ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States," on which the payment was conditioned, would ever come. We knew the paper was worthless, and yet it...

...otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. United States notes are legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. Federal reserve notes are obligations of the United States and shall be receivable by the national...

...notes never could be redeemed. Very few of us hoped, during the last two years of the war, that the ' ' ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and. the United States," on which the payment was conditioned, would ever come. We knew the paper was worthless, and yet it...

...controversy until they became redeemable in specie. From the first, they were legal tender for payment of all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt.7 Another series of notes is that known as "Treasury Notes of 1890" originally issued in payment...

...that standard silver dollars "shall be a legal tender at theii nominal value for all debts and dues, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt." The intention of this was to give to the creditors a special dollar, and to discriminate in their favor...

...that standard silver dollars "shall be a legal tender at theii nominal value for all debts and dues, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt." The intention of this was to give to the creditors a special dollar, and to discriminate in their favor...

...no payer. They bore, indeed, this character upon their fatv, for they were made payab e only 'after ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States of America.' While the war lasted, however, they had n certain contingent value, and were used as money...

...no payer. They bore, indeed, this character upon their face, for they were made payable only 'after ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States of America.' While the war lasted, however, they had c certain contingent value, and were used as money...

...legal tender notes, purporting by recital thereon to be legal tender, at their respective face values, for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt, and which, after having been presented for payment, and redeemed and paid in gold coin, since January...