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<p>[QUOTE="benveniste, post: 8084830, member: 25547"]1900 is an interesting choice of a reference date, as "Free Silver" was still a hotly debated issue at that time. This piece was from 1896, but it'll give you an idea. A silver dollar contained less than 1 dollar worth of silver. 1900 also saw the passage of the so-called Gold Standard Act.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I can tell, at the time individual coins were simply called "dollar coins," just as $1 silver certificates were just called "dollar bills." But term "silver dollar" or "standard silver dollar" was used in aggregate and for legal formalities.[ATTACH=full]1404523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1404524[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benveniste, post: 8084830, member: 25547"]1900 is an interesting choice of a reference date, as "Free Silver" was still a hotly debated issue at that time. This piece was from 1896, but it'll give you an idea. A silver dollar contained less than 1 dollar worth of silver. 1900 also saw the passage of the so-called Gold Standard Act. From what I can tell, at the time individual coins were simply called "dollar coins," just as $1 silver certificates were just called "dollar bills." But term "silver dollar" or "standard silver dollar" was used in aggregate and for legal formalities.[ATTACH=full]1404523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1404524[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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