The order tightened credit and reduced demand for banknotes, worsening monetary conditions and helping precipitate the financial dislocation that contributed to the Panic of 1837.
Jackson issued the Specie Circular requiring that payment for public lands be made in gold or silver (specie) rather than paper banknotes or credit.
The order tightened credit and reduced demand for banknotes, worsening monetary conditions and helping precipitate the financial dislocation that contributed to the Panic of 1837.
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