title: Coinage Act
text: # Coinage Act
  
  Coinage Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States related to coinage.
  
  ## List
  
  ### United Kingdom
  
  * Coinage Act 1816, defined the value of pound sterling relative to gold
  * Coinage Offences Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 99)
  * Coinage Act 1870, stated the metric weights of British coins
  * Coinage Act 1971, made provisions for decimalisation of the pound sterling
  * Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011, amended the Coinage Act 1971 to allow the method for measuring and confirming the weight of coins to be set by proclamation
  
  ### United States
  
  * Coinage Act of 1792, established the U.S. Mint and defined coinage standards; silver-to-gold ratio set at 15:1
  * Coinage Act of 1834, altered the silver-to-gold ratio to 16:1
  * Coinage Act of 1849, created two new denominations of gold coins, $1 and $20
  * Coinage Act of 1853, reduced the silver in half-dollar, quarter, dime, and half-dime coins; authorized a $3 gold coin
  * Coinage Act of 1857, forbid use of foreign coins as legal tender, reduced the size of the cent, ended the half-cent coin
  * Coinage Act of 1864, mandated that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency
  * Coinage Act of 1873, made the U.S. Mint part of the Treasury Department; silver demonetized, three minor coins terminated
  * Coinage Act of 1965, effectively ended the mintage of circulating silver coins
  