It also boreon its face the certificate of the United States that it was of a certain weight and fineness. Relying on this certificate and pledge of the nation. it became a current coin at home as well as abroad. and debts to the amount of millions were paid by it. It has been asserted that it was never intended for home circulation. and that the legislative purpose of its creation was to promote trade with Chinaand other Asiatic countries by making a coin that would be acceptable to these people. While this may be true. the specific object was not made known by the law. there was no prohibitory clause. on the other hand. it led the people to believe that it was just as much a coin of the United States as any of the other legalized issues. tr the act expressly says the "silver coins of the United States shall be a tradedollar. a halfdollar. quarterdollar. and a dime." The same act further recognized it by declaring it to be a crime to counterfeit any of the coins of the United States. also the later act of 1877 made it a crime to counterfeit any of our coins. and as the tradedollar had been declared one of our coins. it was a crime to counterfeit it. As a reason for not redeeming them it has been claimed that they did not go into circulation until after the passage of the act of 1876. which took away their legaltender quality.