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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 26594112, member: 22377"]Generally 1 oz silver rounds would not be counted as so-called dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the website:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"So-Called Dollars are medals approximately the size of a silver dollar that were struck to commemorate a U.S. historical event. Struck since the early 1800’s they fall into two categories, those associated with a major fair or exposition such as the 1892-1893 Columbia Exposition and those associated with an event in U.S. history such as the completion of the Erie Canal in 1826. In addition dollar-sized medals that are associated with the silver controversies, our national coinage or were actually designed as circulating media are also known as so-called dollars. Pieces were struck by the U.S. Mint as well as by private diesinkers. The following types of medals are not so-called dollars: military medals, religious medals, award medals, fraternal medals or advertising store card medals."</i></p><p><br /></p><p>more here:</p><p><a href="https://www.so-calleddollar.com/about-so-called-dollars/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.so-calleddollar.com/about-so-called-dollars/" rel="nofollow">https://www.so-calleddollar.com/about-so-called-dollars/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 26594112, member: 22377"]Generally 1 oz silver rounds would not be counted as so-called dollars. From the website: [I]"So-Called Dollars are medals approximately the size of a silver dollar that were struck to commemorate a U.S. historical event. Struck since the early 1800’s they fall into two categories, those associated with a major fair or exposition such as the 1892-1893 Columbia Exposition and those associated with an event in U.S. history such as the completion of the Erie Canal in 1826. In addition dollar-sized medals that are associated with the silver controversies, our national coinage or were actually designed as circulating media are also known as so-called dollars. Pieces were struck by the U.S. Mint as well as by private diesinkers. The following types of medals are not so-called dollars: military medals, religious medals, award medals, fraternal medals or advertising store card medals."[/I] [I][/I] more here: [URL]https://www.so-calleddollar.com/about-so-called-dollars/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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