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UNITED STATES OK FEDEKAL, MONEY. 



Currency is the money of circulation. 



Tokens are coins whose intrinsic value is below that 

 assigned them by law. Such coins are said to be coins in 

 billion. 



United States or Federal money is a decimal currency. 



TABLE. 



10 mills (in.) 1 cent ct. 

 10 cents 1 dime d. 100 mills. 



10 dimes 1 dollar $ 1000 100 cents. 

 10 dollars 1 eagle E. 10000 " 1000 cents 100 dimes. | 



COINS. The gold coins are the double-eagle, eagle, half- 

 eagle, quarter-eagle, three-dollar piece, and dollar. 



NOTES. 1. The fifty-dollar piece is not a legal coin. The 



