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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1118360, member: 3011&quot;]In the highly unlikely event that the government ever decides to mint silver coins for circulation, it would be more likely that it would either be a large denomination coin [perhaps a half dollar size $20 coin].&nbsp; Or they could do what was proposed [but rejected] in Mexico -- to produce a silver coin with no printed face value that where (1) the value would be periodically set by the government, (2) the value would always be a premium to melt value to prevent melting, and (3) the face value could never be reduced.&nbsp; I find this proposal highly interesting for reintroducing silver coinage to circulation.&nbsp; Some people criticize this proposal saying that people won&#039;t accept the coin if the melt value is below face, but this isn&#039;t true because people accept coinage and paper money where the intrinsic value is below face all of the time.&nbsp; But this would restore at least some intrinsic value to money and offer some protection from inflation.</p><p><br /></p><p>But to be very clear, I don&#039;t expect to ever see this happen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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