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<p>[QUOTE="Jerry Dennis, post: 19077, member: 348"]If I may throw a wrench in the works. With nothing but logic on my side, the reason Suzies and Sacs weren't/aren't struck in silver was because you couldn't put 0.77344 oz. of silver into a coin that small. Granted, 40% silver Ikes didn't have that much silver (0.3161, according to the Red Book). Then, again, Ike dollars aren't properly referred to as silver dollars, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fractional coins struck in silver in the silver proof sets contain the same amount of silver they had when silver circulated regularly. Yes, I agree the nickel *could* be struck in 35% silver, just like the war nickels were. Which brings up, wouldn't it have been cool to have a 2003 (or earlier) proof Jefferson with the big S above Monticello? </p><p><br /></p><p>Just my thoughts,</p><p>Jerry[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jerry Dennis, post: 19077, member: 348"]If I may throw a wrench in the works. With nothing but logic on my side, the reason Suzies and Sacs weren't/aren't struck in silver was because you couldn't put 0.77344 oz. of silver into a coin that small. Granted, 40% silver Ikes didn't have that much silver (0.3161, according to the Red Book). Then, again, Ike dollars aren't properly referred to as silver dollars, either. The fractional coins struck in silver in the silver proof sets contain the same amount of silver they had when silver circulated regularly. Yes, I agree the nickel *could* be struck in 35% silver, just like the war nickels were. Which brings up, wouldn't it have been cool to have a 2003 (or earlier) proof Jefferson with the big S above Monticello? Just my thoughts, Jerry[/QUOTE]
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