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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;byrd740, post: 649299, member: 13877&quot;]It would have been hard to spend it back then, because most people would not accept them.&nbsp;&nbsp; After 1876 the price of silver plummeted, and people could buy them for melt value, sometimes about 80¢, and give to an unknowing person for $1.&nbsp; So Congress revoked their legal tender status.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that sounds vague, so if I needed to be corrected or added on to please do so.&nbsp; More than likely it was a pocket piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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