Coinage Act of 1849

Coinage Act of 1849
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleAn Act to authorize the Coinage of Gold Dollars and Double Eagles
NicknamesGold Coinage Act
Enacted bythe 30th United States Congress
Citations
Public law30-108
Statutes at LargeStat. 397, Chap. CIX
Legislative history

The Coinage Act of 1849 was an Act of the United States Congress passed during the California Gold Rush authorizing the Mint to produce two new gold coins in response to the increased gold supply: the small gold dollar and the large double eagle worth twenty dollars. The Act also defined permissible variances in gold coinage.