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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 25784, member: 57463&quot;]The short answer is, &quot;No.&quot;&nbsp; To put some numbers into the advice of GDJMSP:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Congress was lobbied by silver mine owners.&nbsp; The US Mint was forced to strike 2 million ounces per month, from 1878 to 1904.&nbsp; The US melted about 80 million ounces and sent it to Britain for World War I because Britain was in danger of losing India, actually.&nbsp; After Germany paid for all the civilian damages in WWI, Britain repaid the silver and 80 million Morgan Dollars were strike in 1921.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Silver dollars were never popular.&nbsp; About one-third of all known are uncirculated.&nbsp; Back then, the average wage was $1 per day.&nbsp; Now, it is $100 per day.&nbsp; So a silver dollar was like a $100 bill.&nbsp; No one used them.&nbsp; &quot;Shave and a haircut, two bits!&quot;&nbsp; (25 cents). What does it cost to go to the barber now? $10?&nbsp; Beer was 5 cents a glass.&nbsp; A dressed chicken was 8 cents.&nbsp; The silver dollar was basically useless for daily trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; &quot;Everyone&quot; likes them now, but there is no shortage of MS-63s in slabs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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