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Like other incidents of sovereignty, coinage is reserved rightfully to the Government, and on this account is little appreciated in its true character.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Like other incidents of sovereignty, coinage is reserved rightfully to the Government, and on this account is little…”
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Sumner asserts that coinage is a sovereign right of the government, which is often undervalued.
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