Republican (nationalist) President Grant signs the Public Credit Act, committing the Department of the Treasury to redeem all debt obligations of the United states with gold Coin (lawful Money)—except the 356,000,000 “dollars” in irredeemable “Greenbacks” (Bills of Credit).

       [added 3/5/2021]

Subsequent Events:

9/24/1869                   5/31/1870                  1/14/1875

Authority:

Article I, Section 8 [Clause 2]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 199.

Public Credit Act of 1869 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Credit_Act_of_1869

The Federal Reserve and you
endthefednc.wordpress.com/

U.S. Banking Timeline
www.libertyforlife.com/banking-currency-us-timeline.html

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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