Coinage Act of 1849
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The Coinage Act of 1849 was a United States law that authorized the minting of gold dollar and double eagle ($20) coins, expanding the nation’s gold coinage during the California Gold Rush era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coinage Act of 1849 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coinage Act of 1849 Context triple: [Coinage Act of 1834, followedBy, Coinage Act of 1849]
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A.
Coinage Act of 1834
The Coinage Act of 1834 was a U.S. law that significantly altered the gold-to-silver ratio and the gold content of coins, helping to stabilize the currency and encourage the circulation of gold.
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B.
Coinage Act of 1792
The Coinage Act of 1792 was a foundational United States law that created the national mint system and defined the country’s monetary structure, including its standard units, metal content, and coin denominations.
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C.
Treasury Act of 1789
The Treasury Act of 1789 was a foundational U.S. law that created the Department of the Treasury and established the federal government's core financial and fiscal administration.
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D.
Funding Act of 1790
The Funding Act of 1790 was a key early U.S. federal law, championed by Alexander Hamilton, that consolidated and refinanced Revolutionary War debts to establish the credit of the new national government.
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E.
Judiciary Act of 1891
The Judiciary Act of 1891 was a landmark U.S. federal statute that created the intermediate federal courts of appeals, significantly restructuring the federal judiciary and reducing the Supreme Court’s mandatory caseload.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coinage Act of 1849 Target entity description: The Coinage Act of 1849 was a United States law that authorized the minting of gold dollar and double eagle ($20) coins, expanding the nation’s gold coinage during the California Gold Rush era.
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A.
Coinage Act of 1834
The Coinage Act of 1834 was a U.S. law that significantly altered the gold-to-silver ratio and the gold content of coins, helping to stabilize the currency and encourage the circulation of gold.
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B.
Coinage Act of 1792
The Coinage Act of 1792 was a foundational United States law that created the national mint system and defined the country’s monetary structure, including its standard units, metal content, and coin denominations.
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C.
Treasury Act of 1789
The Treasury Act of 1789 was a foundational U.S. law that created the Department of the Treasury and established the federal government's core financial and fiscal administration.
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D.
Funding Act of 1790
The Funding Act of 1790 was a key early U.S. federal law, championed by Alexander Hamilton, that consolidated and refinanced Revolutionary War debts to establish the credit of the new national government.
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E.
Judiciary Act of 1891
The Judiciary Act of 1891 was a landmark U.S. federal statute that created the intermediate federal courts of appeals, significantly restructuring the federal judiciary and reducing the Supreme Court’s mandatory caseload.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States federal statute ⓘ |
| amended | earlier United States coinage laws ⓘ |
| appliesTo | United States Mint ⓘ |
| appliesToCurrencyType | specie ⓘ |
| authorizedCoin |
double eagle
ⓘ
gold dollar ⓘ |
| authorizedDenomination |
1-dollar gold coin
ⓘ
20-dollar gold coin ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernmentInvolved |
executive branch of the United States
ⓘ
legislative branch of the United States ⓘ |
| classification |
19th-century economic legislation
ⓘ
United States monetary reform law ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateEnacted | 1849-03-03 ⓘ |
| effect |
introduced the double eagle denomination into United States coinage system
ⓘ
introduced the first regular-issue gold dollar coin in the United States ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| faceValueOfDoubleEagle | 20 United States dollars ⓘ |
| faceValueOfGoldDollar | 1 United States dollar ⓘ |
| historicalContext | California Gold Rush ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
United States Mint
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Mint facilities
|
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
coinage law
ⓘ
monetary law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | public law ⓘ |
| metalSpecified | gold ⓘ |
| monetaryStandard | gold standard (partial) ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | increased gold supplies from California ⓘ |
| purpose |
to expand United States gold coinage
ⓘ
to provide new gold denominations for circulation ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Coinage Act of 1792
ⓘ
United States double eagle ⓘ gold dollar ⓘ
surface form:
United States gold dollar
|
| shortTitle | Coinage Act of 1849 self-link ⓘ |
| signedBy | Zachary Taylor ⓘ |
| subject |
United States currency
ⓘ
gold coins ⓘ monetary policy of the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1849 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Coinage Act of 1849 Description of subject: The Coinage Act of 1849 was a United States law that authorized the minting of gold dollar and double eagle ($20) coins, expanding the nation’s gold coinage during the California Gold Rush era.
Referenced by (2)
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