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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 172600, member: 669&quot;]Is <u>was</u> payable in gold when issued, but when I was just a lad the US went off the gold standard, Americans were prohibited from owning most gold coins, and the promise to exchange gold certificates for gold was renigged on. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many years later the promise to exchange silver certificates for silver was also renigged on. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Without seeing when they were issued and what condition they are in, their value could range from a slight premium over face value to hundreds, or even possibly thousands, of dollars, so any reply to your question about their value would be pure unadulterated guesswork.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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