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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Small Size, post: 2538460, member: 77924&quot;]The Pittman Act&#039;s intent was to give the Treasury the authority to melt silver dollars and ship the bullion to the Raj, where, as in China, the economy was based on the silver standard rather than gold. The British then coined it into rupees (that are beautiful coins, BTW) I love the elephant you can see on the king&#039;s collar.</p><p>Under the terms of the Pittman Act, the Treasury was instructed to have enough silver dollars minted to replace the ones melted, once the war was over. They got around to it in 1921.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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