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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 4651351, member: 75143&quot;]I’ve always wondered. What was the public perception like at the time of debasement?</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike many other cultures and countries, the debasement of silver in the Us was not gradual but rather immediate and sudden (excepting 50c and $1d coins [the unreleased peace dollar])</p><p><br /></p><p>was the public “okay” with it? Were they entirely cool with the fact that literally one day they could exchange a silver certificate for $1 in silver bullion and the next day they couldn’t?</p><p><br /></p><p>In the Roman era it seems like debasements like that were&nbsp; grounds for massive inflation and economic upheaval. Why didn’t that happen in America?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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