How can a State Pay it’s Bills?

According to the Constitution, can a state pay its bills in anything but gold or silver?

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Spanish Silver

When did the United States start coining U.S. silver dollars wither a weight and fineness in silver very close to that of the Spanish dollar – 1792, 1852, 1886? [Read more]

Silver Dollars

Between 1792 ad 1935, how many silver dollars did the United States mint – 80 million, 100 million, or 900 million? [Read more]

Coining Silver Dollars

When did the United States stop coining (minting) true silver dollars – 1895, 1935, or 1976? [Read more]

Silver Certificates

When Americans turned in their gold in 1933, they were given Federal Reserve notes redeemable in silver. Later the government announced that Federal Reserve silver certificates could no longer be redeemed in silver. Was that announcement made in 1948, 1958, or 1968?

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