Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 Document 6 Records of the Federal Convention 2:136, 144, 159, 167; Committee of Detail 10. To (regulate) The exclusive right of coining money (Paper prohibit) no State to be perd. in future to emit Paper Bills of Credit witht. the App: of the Natl. Legisle nor to make any (Article) Thing but Specie a Tender in paymt of debts . . . of coining Moneyfixing the Standard of Weights and Measuresof determining in what Species of Money the public Treasury shall be supplied. The Legislature of the United States shall have the (Right and) Power . . . to coin Money, to regulate the (Alloy and) Value of foreign Coin; to fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; . . . 2:308; Madison, 16 Aug for coining money. agd. to nem. con. for regulating foreign coin. d. do. 2:569, 595; Committee of Style Sect. I. The Legislature shall have power . . . To coin money; To regulate the value of foreign coin; To fix the standard of weights and measures; . . . [e] To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures. Editors' note . Words in parentheses were crossed out in the original.] The Founders' Constitution Volume 3, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5, Document 6 | |
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