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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 321500, member: 4626"]Used to see them more than I do now... it seems in the 80's it wasn't too uncommon for small stores to have a few in the drawer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can't imagine very many banks would have them anymore. They never did circulate much, even when they were still being minted. They were largely used by casinos in Las Vegas and Reno (part of the reason they were minted in the first place, by casinos that wanted to keep operating dollar slots, but couldn't afford to use silver dollars anymore since they were worth more than a dollar). When the SBAs came out, casinos moved to dollar size tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can ask around, might get lucky. It seems the unusual sight of them would cause most to not just deposit them at banks though. Small independet banks would probably be more likely to have them than larger chains I'd guess. May even want to ask a bank if they'd be willing to order them for you from whatever armored car service they use... worth a shot anyway, most banks are willing to do this for you if you're a customer and will buy the whole box at once.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 321500, member: 4626"]Used to see them more than I do now... it seems in the 80's it wasn't too uncommon for small stores to have a few in the drawer. Can't imagine very many banks would have them anymore. They never did circulate much, even when they were still being minted. They were largely used by casinos in Las Vegas and Reno (part of the reason they were minted in the first place, by casinos that wanted to keep operating dollar slots, but couldn't afford to use silver dollars anymore since they were worth more than a dollar). When the SBAs came out, casinos moved to dollar size tokens. Can ask around, might get lucky. It seems the unusual sight of them would cause most to not just deposit them at banks though. Small independet banks would probably be more likely to have them than larger chains I'd guess. May even want to ask a bank if they'd be willing to order them for you from whatever armored car service they use... worth a shot anyway, most banks are willing to do this for you if you're a customer and will buy the whole box at once.[/QUOTE]
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