https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/294/330/
Plaintiff alleged in his petition that, at the time the bond was issued and when he acquired it, “a dollar in gold consisted of 25.8 grains of gold .9 fine;” that the bond was called for redemption on April 15, 1934, and, on May 24, 1934, was presented for payment; that plaintiff demanded its redemption “by the payment of 10,000 gold dollars each containing 25.8 grains of gold .9 fine;” that defendant refused to comply with that demand, and that plaintiff then demanded
“258,000 grains of gold .9 fine, or gold of equivalent value of any fineness, or 16,931.25 gold dollars each containing 15 5/21 grains of gold .9 fine, or 16,931.25 dollars in legal tender currency;”