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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

money, a copper coin of the United States, of the value of one two-hundredth part of a dollar, or five mills.

It weighs eighty-four grains

Act of January 18, 1837, s. 12, 4 Sharswood’s cont. of Story’s L. U.S. 2523, 4.

Vide Money.