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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 24283, member: 1101&quot;]An easy answer might be that no one wanted them.&nbsp; There were millions of silver dollars to be had for $1 each, rotting away in bank vaults across the country, up until the US dumped silver from it’s coins in 1964.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is the same one the Sacky faces today.&nbsp; Given the choice between a paper dollar and a heavier dollar coin, people chose the paper dollar.&nbsp; And, if the Sacky is being rejected today, you can imagine how people felt about carrying a coin twice as big and twice as heavy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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