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Message:: [QUOTE="proofartoncircs, post: 1030255, member: 25952"]Looking over my old copies of the Circulation Satements of United States Money, I find: April 30, 1961 was the high point of Silver Certificates outstanding at $2,376,964,535.The amount in circulation was $2,043,162,781 of which $1,425,705,745 were $1 bills.Treasury Notes of 1890 outstanding (and in circulation) were $1,141,667. Somewhere between June 30,1961 and Sept 30,1961, The silver backing is removed from LARGE size silver certficates.They still can be redeemed in silver dollars. The gold backing is removed from pre-1934 gold certificates. October 20, 1961 $1,000,000 Treasury Notes of 1890 are written off.  August 27, 1962 $15,000,000 in LARGE size silver certficates written off.  November 16, 1964 $14,500,000 in LARGE size silver certificates written off.$100,000 in Treasury Notes of 1890 written off. March 19,1968 $50,000,000 in silver certificates written off. June 30, 1968 shows $328,570,771 in silver certificates outstanding and $225,265,737 in circulation. June 30,1971 $217,591,849 outstanding silver certificates ($79,500,000 previously written off).This is the last date silver certificates are reported.  July 31,1971 silver certificates are included in "Currency No Longer Issued" and are not separately broken out. It is possible I have missed some of the silver certificate writeoffs.[/QUOTE]