Editing Specie Circular (section)

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The '''Specie Circular''' is a [[United States president]]ial [[Executive order (United States)|executive order]] issued by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Andrew Jackson]] on 11 July 1836 pursuant to the [[Coinage Act of 1834]].  It required payment for government land to be in [[Gold#Monetary_use|gold]] and [[Silver#Monetary_use|silver]] (specie).<ref>{{cite book |title=The American Pageant, 13th edition |last=Kennedy |first=David M |author2=Cohen, Bailey |year=2006 |publisher=Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company |pages=256–265}}</ref> It was repealed by a joint act of [[United States Congress|Congress]] on 21 May 1838.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/event/Specie-Circular "Species Circular"], ''Britannica.com'', 25 January 2025.</ref>