How many coins have been demonetized?

Only the Trade Dollar, right?

or are there more?

Thanks

 

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I believe its the only U.S. coin to be permanently demonetized and was done so Feb. of 1887.

 

As far as I have ever heard, you are right, only the trade dollar.

 

Pretty sure it's just the Trade dollar for US mint coins .
rzage

 

alright, neat, thanks

 

Great! Now get out and spend those Morgans!

 

lol

 

How 'bout the '33 double eagle? That wasn't supposed to have happened. All gold was recalled....

 

1964 peace dollar?

 

but those are deemed illegal to own, completely separate category.

These are legal to own, you just can't spend them.

 

Didn't some get re-monetized after getting demonetized?

 

I think the Coin Act of 1965 (that ended the production of silver coinage) remonetized the Trade Dollar.

 

As a side note, the Series 1900 $10,000 Gold Certificate only exists as canceled specimens.

 

As another interesting side note, the half cent was never legal tender UNTIL the Coinage act of 1965. One hundred and eight years after it was discontinued.

 

Trade dollar.

 

Learned something new.

 

"In February 1887, legislation passed that opened the door for redemption of all non mutilated Trade Dollars. About eight million of them were turned in. Trade Dollars never regained their status as legal tender, and to this day remains the only U.S. coin to be permanently demonetized."

Source: http://www.us-coin-values-advisor.com/US-Trade-Dollars.html

 

they should hire employees with a knowledge of coin collecting. so that at least they can count it accurately. or else they just said. who cares....

 

The coins were re-monetized but your still SOL if your holding those Silver Certificates, except as collector items.

Can you imagine the look on the cashiers face if you went to spend a silver Three Cent or a twenty cent coin. They'd look at you like you had three heads, then they'd tell you they couldn't accept those "foreign" coins.