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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;techwriter, post: 5194043, member: 75477&quot;]Maybe if I had paid more attention to the original post I would not have gone off chasing a rabbit; </p><p>1.&nbsp; will have to research a bit more about deadline for gold redemption</p><p>2.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;Public Law 90-29 was passed which mandated that <b>after June 1968 the silver certificates would no longer be redeemable in silver,</b> although they would still be honored the same as Federal Reserve Notes at their face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Between June of 1967 and June of 1968 the price of silver went up so that it was profitable to redeem the certificates for their silver.&nbsp;&nbsp; Essentially you could redeem a $1 silver certificate for the 0.7735 of silver, which would be worth up to $1.90, depending on the price of silver at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, one problem was that the silver certificates could only be redeemed in person at the New York or San Francisco Assay Offices – the Government would accept no mail order redemptions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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