National Currency Act

The National Currency Act was signed into law on 26 February, 1863 by president Abraham Lincoln. This act established the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a bureau governed by the Secretary of the Treasury, to begin the first steps to a nationwide circulation of standardized currency.

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