Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to ... the Committee on the National Currency accompanying a Bill Regulating the Currency ... of the Gold Coins of Great Britain, Portugal, France and Spain ... and silver coins of France
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Reports (1816)
Periodical Summary
A report from the Secretary of the Treasury on use of foreign coins. Also appearing in the American State Papers, finance (class 3), volume 3, report no. 477. This is a standalone printing of no. 477, or possibly disbound from a larger work.
Paul Hybert summary: "A short report from Treasury Secretary Dallas, responding to a request from Chairman Calhoun of the Committee on the National Currency. To answer a domestic need, the gold and silver coins of certain nations should be made legal tender for three years; he concludes with the generally accepted assessments and valuations of the pieces."
A transcript is at: http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/us/asp/cl03.finance/v3/n477.html
