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new-tenor

Coins made at a new weight standard; specifically, gold made on and after Aug. 1, 1834, silver after the 1837 or 1853 weight changes. The term was earlier used by the Massachusetts Generall Court about certain issues of the colony's paper currency. Antonym: old-tenor.


Source: Breen Encyclopedia
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