The Specie Circular of 1836 required all western lands to be purchased with gold and silver coin only. It was mandated by Andrew Jackson.
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act in 1890 required that all western to be purchased was paid for in either silver or gold. The United States was trying to buy up all of the silver that was circulated so that the country could adopt the gold standard for money.
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No, not even gold members are required to own that.
The Specie Circular was an 1836 executive order by President Andrew Jackson. This decree required payment for all public lands in gold and silver.
Cheap land and eventually the discovery of gold in California and silver in Nevada
The western gold and silver strikes, or discoveries, brought crowds of fortune seekers.
raw materials, gold and silver, and colonial markets
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Though gold can be stamped anything, in theory, that is silver. Most manufactured silver in the western world, and increasingly in the world is sterling. Many times it is marked as it's purity of 92.5% or .925. Gold manufacturers will avoid using 925 as not to confuse people
Silver has been found in several locations in Western Australia, including the Murchison and Pilbara regions. Some notable silver deposits in the state include the DeGrussa Mine, the Horseshoe Lights Mine, and the Rothsay Gold-Silver Project.
Discovery of gold and silver.