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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 145679, member: 66&quot;]The calling in of the gold did make it illegal to hoard, but it did not affect it&#039;s legal tender status.&nbsp; It was called in but never demonitized.&nbsp; Gold certificates on the other hand were made illegal to own and therefor effectively demonitized, until around 1961.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trade dollars were stripped of their legal tender status in 1876.&nbsp; They did not regain it until the Coinage Act of 1965.&nbsp; That act also granted legal tender status to the half cent for the first time.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just to see the reaction from people when they are paid with a two cent piece.&nbsp; It&#039;s fun.&nbsp; It&#039;s like giving a Ike dollar to one of these 18 year old cashiers at McDonalds.&nbsp; They MAY have seen a small size dollar but most of their minds just short out when they are handed a BIG dollar coin.&nbsp; But they can eventuall get their minds around that concept.&nbsp; But a TWO CENT PIECE!&nbsp; They can&#039;t handle that, So they call over their 22 year old manager who has also never heard of such a thing.&nbsp; They might even get the owner into the discussion, who has probably also never heard of it.&nbsp; An Ike dollar is fum, but I can see where a two cent piece would be hilarious[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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