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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rick, post: 50926, member: 1235&quot;]It may seem that easy, but the bullion stock that the US government would have to accumulate would, probably, increase the overall demand of silver.&nbsp; Then if silver becomes more valuable than face value, you have the issue of people having it melted down for the metal value of the content - which then messes with the amount of currency floating in a market at any given time... best case scinerio, in that situation, is that the US government can possibly recapture most of the population, and either melt it down for a higher value coin, or revalue it with a counterstamp.&nbsp; Then what?&nbsp; Issue out only half of the previous population, because you&#039;ve doubled the face value of the coin?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then, even after you figure all that stuff out, you&#039;re left with the problem of popularity - have you ever carried a few one ounce coins in your pocket?&nbsp; If you have a hundred bucks, you&#039;ll end up using it to buy a more reliable belt to keep your britches from being yanked down...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think the only time you would ever see a chance for bullion content in a coin would be in situations of currency revaluation - and that generally happens after economic and monitary decline, so it most likely wouldn&#039;t happen then either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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