coin money

Example Sentences

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Furthermore, while the Articles of Confederation had given the national government the power to coin money, they had not prohibited the states from doing so as well.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Congress has several expressed powers related to money, including the power to tax, the power to borrow, the power to establish laws on bankruptcy, and the power to coin money.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

And then the Constitution requires Congress “To coin money, regulate the value thereof.”

From Forbes • Jun. 30, 2014

A decade ago, Corinthian Colleges was a Wall Street darling — a company that seemed to be able to coin money from the federal government and from desperate students.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2014

The power to "coin money" is, in my judgment, inconsistent with and repugnant to the existence of a power to make anything but coin a legal tender.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.