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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 525048, member: 6036&quot;]I&#039;m no expert either. But I remember a distinction made between Trade dollars and other dollar coins; the Trade dollars were <i>not</i> legal tender, but others were.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It also seems that, in 19th century America, specie as coin (gold, silver) was much preferred to paper money, though both were legal tender.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, the Spanish reale dollar coins were legal tender in the US until 1857.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So I think in those days coins were legal tender. But that was then, this is now... maybe things have changed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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