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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1723456, member: 17919&quot;]I think one reason was that they wanted to keep up the pretenses that the US dollar had not become a completely fiat currency. It&#039;s interesting that they were still redeeming silver certificates (for silver granules) until 1968, and made circulation 40% halves in 1969, but then offered the 1970 Kennedy silver half only in Mint and Proof sets, and then dropped the bombshell in 1971 that silver would no longer be used as a coinage metal, except for special collector coins (Eisenhower dollars) that would be sold by Uncle Sam for more than their silver content.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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