The 1792 law is current law. The currency we use today is denominated in dollars, but none is actually a dollar. (BS, I know, but that's the way it is.)
But you indicated that there may have been some change regarding what is considered minor currency so that the fellow in the story might not have been able to force the bank to accept dimes....is this by regulation?
44 posted on 03/17/2011 9:04:08 AM PDT by achilles2000
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