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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 857858, member: 9270&quot;]US Army, 1961-1964.</p><p>Basic: Ft Jackson, SC</p><p>School: Ft Monmouth, NJ (Meteorological Observer)</p><p>PCS: Yuma Test Station, AZ (now Yuma Proving Grounds)</p><p>School: Chanute AFB, IL (Army didn&#039;t have the school so they sent us to the AF school)</p><p>PCS: Ft Wainwright, AK</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I had been collecting on and off for several years before I went into the Army.</p><p>Made probably my BIGGEST collecting error as I was leaving Alaska.</p><p>At that time silver dollars still circulated there.</p><p>Army pay wasn&#039;t much at that time. The Vietnam pay hikes hadn&#039;t kicked in yet.</p><p>E-4 over 2 and my base was $180/month.</p><p>But I had managed to save about $325.</p><p>I took it home as paper money, <u>not</u> silver dollars.</p><p><b><u>THINK</u></b>!</p><p><b><u>1964</u></b>!!!</p><p>The last year the US struck 90% silver coins.</p><p>Thanks to the Hunt brothers, in about 1980 silver was going for <u><b>$50 an ounce</b></u>!</p><p>325 silver dollars <b>X</b> .77344 oz/coin <b>X</b> $50 = ~$12,500</p><p>Oops, missed out on that one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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