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When I started this ... I was thinking U.S coins.
After reading the posts. I want to check into other
countries that use the Dollar as currency.
I have other big silver coins (dollar size), but other
than Canada, non that are silver dollar coins.
I have Crown, Shilling, Francs, Peso, Sol and Balboa.
Anyone have a list of possible countries that have had
large silver coins in the past, say pre 1970, that
say "Dollar" on them. Other than United State and Canada.
Is the term "crowns of the world" used to describe the
largest silver coin of each country?
Edited by GR58
04/15/2015 08:05 am
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@ jbuck that is one fine silver dollar. Thank you. That one is in my Dansco 7070. I also have the proof version in my 1990 Prestige set. |
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There is a difference between, a Dollar coin made with no silver in it, a Dollar note made of paper stating it's One Dollar, and an actual Silver Dollar which contains a certain amount of actual silver (AG). Only the later has intrinsic value. An ASE is a Silver Dollar because it contains silver and has a face value determined by government to be One Dollar. |
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Per the poll they are all "silver dollars." Silver dollars were made in Scotland in the 1670s, in Sierra Leone in 1791, and of course the U.S. dollar is based on the Spanish Milled Dollar (Pillar style pieces-of-eight) starting in 1732, portrait-style pieces-of eight since 1772, and we must include all their overstrikes from the Bank of England Dollars of 1804, and perhaps Portuguese and Brazilian 960 Reis, and Bank of Ireland Six Shilling pieces too. These were original "silver dollars" and all should count. If you want to go farther afield and include Thalers, that would take us back to the 1400s. I think the key is that they are made of silver (not paper or gold) and that they must have traded for a dollar at some point in history, even if they do not circulate for a dollar today. Not included are English Crowns, French Ecus and Five Franc pieces, Dutch 48 stuivers (lion daalders) which come close, and other world crown-sized coins never denominated as "dollars."
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Works for me.  |
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To me, a Silver Dollar is ... Quote:
A crown sized coin issued as currency for the value of one dollar made out of a silver alloy. |
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I wonder what Wikipedia says... Quote:
A dollar coin made of silver or any white metal. There you go, the Cu-Ni clad Ikes are in!  |
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Victory!  |
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I wonder what Wikipedia says... Quote:
A dollar coin made of silver or any white metal. You didn't edit Wikipedia before you copied that did you?  |
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I would call a silver dollar any dollar coin minted before 1936.
But I would still call an Ike a silver dollar, even if it's copper-clad. It has the size and heft of the silver silver dollars, and so I like calling it that for old-time's sake.
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Any $ that contains silver pure and simple.
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Just curious, let's say someone asks you
"How many silver dollars do you have in your collection?" I would reply, "Why do you ask?" |
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You didn't edit Wikipedia before you copied that did you? Not this time. Quote:
But I would still call an Ike a silver dollar, even if it's copper-clad. It has the size and heft of the silver silver dollars, and so I like calling it that for old-time's sake. |
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