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  2. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    United States domestic first-class & postcard rates, 1863–present [conversion 1] Date Introduced Letters (for first ounce) Packages (for first ounce) Additional (per ounce) Postcard rate International rate (letters) Comments July 1, 1863.06 (.03 for 1 ⁄ 2 oz).06.06 (.03 per 1 ⁄ 2 oz).06 .02 per half ounce in drop boxes: October 1, 1883.04

  3. Liberty Head double eagle - Wikipedia

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    Design discontinued. 1907. The Liberty Head double eagle or Coronet double eagle is an American twenty-dollar gold piece struck as a pattern coin in 1849, and for commerce from 1850 to 1907. It was designed by Mint of the United States Chief Engraver James B. Longacre . The largest denomination of United States coin authorized by the Mint Act ...

  4. Double eagle - Wikipedia

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    A double eagle is a gold coin of the United States with a denomination of $20. (Its gold content of 0.9675 troy ounces [30.09 g] was worth $20 at the 1849 official price of $20.67/ozt.) The coins are 34 mm × 2 mm and are made from a 90% gold (0.900 fine or 21.6 kt) and 10% copper alloy and have a total weight of 1.0750 troy ounces (1.1794 oz ...

  5. History of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The history of the United States dollar began with moves by the Founding Fathers of the United States of America to establish a national currency based on the Spanish silver dollar, which had been in use in the North American colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain for over 100 years prior to the United States Declaration of Independence.

  6. International use of the U.S. dollar - Wikipedia

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    The United States dollar was established as the world's foremost reserve currency by the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944. It claimed this status from sterling after the devastation of two world wars and the massive spending of the United Kingdom 's gold reserves. Despite all links to gold being severed in 1971, the dollar continues to be the ...

  7. Saint-Gaudens double eagle - Wikipedia

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    1908. Design discontinued. 1933. The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a twenty- dollar gold coin, or double eagle, produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. The coin is named after its designer, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who designed the obverse and reverse. It is considered by many to be the most beautiful of U.S. coins.

  8. List of countries by exchange rate regime - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. This is a list of countries by their exchange rate regime. [1] De facto exchange-rate arrangements in 2022 as classified by the International Monetary Fund. Floating ( floating and free floating) Soft pegs ( conventional peg, stabilized arrangement, crawling peg, crawl-like arrangement, pegged exchange rate within horizontal bands ...

  9. Eagle (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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    The eagle is a United States $10 gold coin issued by the United States Mint from 1795 to 1933 . The eagle was the largest of the five main decimal base-units of denomination used for circulating coinage in the United States prior to 1933, the year when gold was withdrawn from circulation. These five main base-units of denomination were the mill ...