contract to pay in coin
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From 74 U.S. 229 - Bronson v. Rodes · 1868Most cited · 70 citing opinions
A contract to pay a certain number of dollars in gold or silver coins is, therefore, in legal import, nothing else than an agreement to deliver a certain weight of standard gold, to be ascertained by a count of coins, each of which is certified to contain a definite proportion of that weight.