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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sylvester, post: 19019, member: 708&quot;]GD said that the smaller dollars were a break off from the bigger versions (particularly the Sac) and therefore why should it be made of silver if it doesn&#039;t resemble an old Silver dollar?</p><p><br /></p><p>I was drawing the allusion that the old sovereigns (formerly circulating £1 coins until 1932) were totally different to the new base metal £1 coins introduced in 1983 so therefore why would anyone expect them to make the new £1 coins of of gold?</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically it was adding another dimension to GD&#039;s comments and backing up his argument by using a similar example.</p><p><br /></p><p>The answer is of course neither coin (despite having the same face value as the older versions) has any history of being in intrinsic metals or of even being related design wise with the older specimens apart from the face value. The face value is the only thing the Sac dollar has in common with the Morgan/Peace/Ike, the face value is the only thing the £1 coin has in common with the sovereign. There are probably a thousand and one other examples.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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