Just back from a trip to see family over the Holiday. Looks like a lot of changes have taken place here in the last few days. I'll reserve comment though. Anyhow, The title cover of a book I found today reads: Coinage Act of 1965 Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency House of Representatives Eighty-Ninth Congress First Session on H. R. 8746 (Superseded by H.R. 8926) A Bill to Provide for the Coinage of the United States June 4,7, and 8, 1965 Printed for the use of the committee on Banking and Currency This book details the silver shortage of the day and the advatages and disadvantages of the different metals being considered to replace the 90% silver coins. Any thoughts wether this may be a highly desirable, historical book, or just another government diatribe.
It's not one I'd care to read - but it does certainly have a bearing on the history of our coinage. What it will basically tell you is that continuing with silver coinage would be too expensive and that before long we would run out of silver thus driving up the price even more. The change to non-silver coinage was inevitable. They realized that - so they changed before it cost us a fortune.
