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  2. History of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    Thus the United States moved to a gold standard, making both gold and silver the legal-tender coinage of the United States, and guaranteed the dollar as convertible to 23.22 grains (1.50463 grams, 0.048375 troy ounces) of pure gold, or a little over $20.67 per ounce.

  3. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    On July 6, 1785, the Continental Congress resolved that the money unit of the United States, the dollar, would contain 375.64 grains of fine silver; on August 8, 1786, the Continental Congress continued that definition and further resolved that the money of account, corresponding with the division of coins, would proceed in a decimal ratio ...

  4. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    United States domestic first-class & postcard rates, 1863–present [conversion 1] Date Introduced Letters (for first ounce) Packages (for first ounce) Additional (per ounce) Postcard rate International rate (letters) Comments July 1, 1863.06 (.03 for 1 ⁄ 2 oz).06.06 (.03 per 1 ⁄ 2 oz).06 .02 per half ounce in drop boxes: October 1, 1883.04

  5. Gold as an investment - Wikipedia

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    Gold price Gold prices (US$ per troy ounce), in nominal US$ and inflation adjusted US$ from 1914 onward. Price of gold 1915–2022 Gold price history in 1960–2014 Gold price per gram between Jan 1971 and Jan 2012. The graph shows nominal price in US dollars, the price in 1971 and 2011 US dollars.

  6. Savings interest rates today: Make your dollars work harder ...

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    The Consumer Price Index released on May 15 revealed consumer prices rose by 3.4% year over year, down from 3.5% in March — a modest decrease, but a step in the right direction for this widely ...

  7. Art Fund - Wikipedia

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    Art Fund sponsors the Museum of the Year award (known as the Gulbenkian Prize from 2003 to 2007 and the Art Fund Prize from 2008 to 2012). This is a £100,000 prize awarded annually to the museum or gallery that had the most imaginative, innovative or popular project during the previous year. [11]

  8. Fed's favored inflation gauge slows in April while price ...

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    As of Friday morning, investors were pricing a roughly 50-50 chance the Fed's first interest rate cut comes in September, per the CME FedWatch Tool. Read more: What the Fed rate decision means for ...

  9. Retail sales were unchanged in April from March as inflation ...

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    Prices rose 0.3% from March to April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down slightly from 0.4% the previous month. Measured year-over-year, inflation ticked down from 3.5% to 3.4%.