19. - 21. That, if any person or persons shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit1, or cause or procure2 to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited3, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting4 any coin, in the re百度竞价推广blance or similitude of any copper5 coin, which has been, or hereafter may be, coined at the mint of the United States; or shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish or sell, or bring into the United States, from any foreign place, with intent to pass, utter, publish, or sell as true, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, with intent to defraud6 any body politic7, or corporate8, or any other person or persons whatsoever9; every person so offending, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exeeeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment10, and confinement11, to hard labor12, not exceeding three years. See generally, 1 J. J. Marsh13. 202; 1 Bibb, 330; 2 Wash. 282; 3 Call, 557; 5 S. R. 48; 1 Dall. 124; 2 Dana, 298; 3 Conn. 534; 4 Harr. McHen. 199.
20. - 5. Act of March 3, 1849, Minot's Statutes14 at Large of U. S. 397.
21. - 1. That there shall be, from time to time, struck and coined at the mint of the United States, and the branches thereof, conformably in all respects to law, , and conformably in all respects to the standard for gold coins now established by law, coins of gold of the following denominations16 and values, viz.: double eagles, each to be of the value of twenty dollars, or units, and gold dollars, each to be of the value of one dollar, or unit.
22. - 2. That, for all sums whatever, the double eagle shall be a legal tender for twenty dollars, and the gold dollar shall be a legal tender for one dollar.
23. - 3. That all laws now in force in relation to the coins of the United States, and the striking and coining the same, shall, so far as applicable, have full force and effect in relation to the coins herein authorized17, whether, the said laws are penal18 or otherwise; and whether they are for preventing counterfeiting or deba百度竞价推广ent, for protecting the currency, for regulating and guarding the process of striking and coining, and the preparations therefor, or for the security of the coin, or for any other purpose.
24. - 4. That, in adjusting the weights of gold coins henceforward, the following deviations20 from the standard weight shall not be exceeded in any of the single pieces; namely, in the double eagle, the eagle, and the half eagle, one half of a grain, and in the quarter eagle, and gold dollar, one quarter of a grain; and that, in weighing a large number of pieces together, when delivered from the chief coiner to the treasurer21, and from the treasurer to the depositors, the deviation19 from the standard weight shall not exceed three pennyweights in one thousand double eagles; two pennyweights in one thousand, eagles; one and one half pennyweights in one thousand half eagle;; one pennyweight in one thousand quarter eagles; and one half of a pennyweight in one thousand gold dollars.
25. - 6. Act of March 3, 1851. Minot's Statutes at Large, U. S. 591.
26. - 11. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful22 to coin at the mint of the United States and its branches, a piece of the denomination15 and legal value of three cents, or three hundredths of a dollar, to be composed of three-fourths silver and one-fourth copper and to weigh twelve grains and three eighths of a grain; that the said coin shall bear such devices as shall be conspicuously23 different from those of the other silver coins, and of the gold dollar, but having the inscription24 United States of America, and its denomination and date; and that it shall be a legal tender in payment of debts for all sums of thirty cents and under. And that no ingots shall be used for the coinage of the three cent pieces herein authorized, of which the quality differs more than five thousandths from the legal standard; and that in adjusting the weight of the said coin, the following deviations from the standard weight shall not be exceeded, namely, one half of a grain in the single piece, and one pennyweight in a thousand pieces.
