Author: Dorothy Kosich
Posted:
Wednesday
,
20 Mar 2013
RENO MINEWEB
After being rejected by three state legislatures this year, a measure to
recognize U.S. Government-minted gold and silver coins as legal tender
may find a second home in Arizona.
Arizona could soon become the second U.S. state to recognize gold and silver as legal tender if the Arizona House approves SB 1439.
The bill has already won the approval of Arizona’s State Senate and the Arizona House Financial Institutions Committee which voted the legislation out of committee on a 4-2 vote Monday. The measure now goes to a vote of the Arizona House.
Thus far, only the State of Utah has officially recognized gold and silver as legal tender, (See: Gold, silver coins now officially legal tender in Utah) although the issue has been under consideration this year in four states including Arizona. The Arizona bill defines legal tender as a mode of paying debts and taxes.
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