excellently written,
only one small thing though...
"and you could always exchange the dollar for gold at a rate of $35 per troy ounce. is true onlly after the revaluation from $20.20 in the early 1930s.
the older price was in effect from the beginning of the nation.
We had gold coinage along side our silver change, most have no idea.
The $10 coin was called the Eagle, $20 coin (85% of one troy ounce of 22K gold) was the Double Eagle.
The half eagle and quarter eagle were $5 and $2.50 coins
