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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 25280367, member: 73489&quot;]<b><i>Were they ?</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>My other thread has pics of the relevant bills so I won&#039;t duplicate here.... but while the FRN&#039;s had the gold language I don&#039;t see it on the USN&#039;s (or at least the one that I posted from Series 1928A).</p><p>These ratios were always in flux; for Gold Certificates, the ratio was 33-40% gold coin, the remainder gold bars.&nbsp; It changed over time depending on gold reserves and coinage quantity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like with MSDs, the Mint operators were always saying that they were probably striking too many gold coins and that bars could achieve the same function at lower cost and also had greater usage with lower transportation costs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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