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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4316198, member: 66&quot;]The free coinage of silver ended with the act of 1853 which made the silver coinage subsidiary.&nbsp; The Act of 1873 actually partially restored the free coinage of silver.&nbsp; Depositor could bring in their silver and have it made into coins for free but ONLY for conversion into Trade dollars, nominally for export.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In 1873 there was not a serious concern about the lack of silver coinage and people didn&#039;t care that they couldn&#039;t have their silver coined.&nbsp; The &quot;Crime of 1873&quot; didn&#039;t become an issue until around 1878 with the &quot;Crime&quot; being the elimination of the silver dollar in 1873.&nbsp; The criticism of the lack of free coinage&nbsp; wasn&#039;t much of an issue until after the economy crashed because of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890.&nbsp; THEN they wanted free coinage at 16 to one because the debtors WANTED the inflation and cheaper dollars to pay off their creditors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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