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THE LEGAL TENDER CASES

GOLD and silver

shall be the only legal tender

u.s. constitution

Article I, Section 10, Clause 1:

no State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation;

grant Letters of marque and reprisal;

coin money;

emit bills of credit;

make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender
in payment of Debts;

pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing

the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility

ARTICLE 1 SECTION 8 CLAUSE 5

u.s. constitution


The congress shall have power to ---

--- coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin ---



COLONIAL PAPER MONEY

ARTICLE 1 SECTION 8 CLAUSE 5

u.s. constitution