Silver Percentage US Vs Canadian Dollars

wildflowerAB - The 5c went to .800 in 1920 along with everything else, but was still silver until 1922. What's odd to me is that in 1921 the US minted almost 87 million Morgans with no change in silver content, the highest mintage for this series. Meanwhile Canada went and created the 1921 50 cent thing by minting, holding, then melting. Seems like a lot of messing around going on, and the Great Depression on the horizon. Must have been interesting times, when money was worth more than money.

Kbb yes I also suspect there was some skulduggery happening as well. History would be much more interesting if it wasn't always so cleansed before it hits a blank page.

Somewhere in my reading I noticed the US specifically passed legislation in about 1918 that made it illegal for anyone to export coins for melt, yet Canada knowingly allows this to happen, only takes action when the price of silver finally rises too high? As pointless as minting coin for melt appears on the surface, it obviously enabled RCM to produce higher volumes, buy more silver, etc. Then there's the added possibility of gold and silver global price manipulation......what really occurred in and around 1919 would make for a really interesting study.