| Silver dollars, which are the first
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| | like value exist only in coin. For
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| dollar coin issue, were minted since
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| | example, there are the British 50 pence
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| 1794. The United States of America have
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| | coin, the Canadian loonie and toonie, the
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| been minting dollar coins in gold,
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| | 1 and 2 Australian dollar coins, the 50
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| silver, and base metal varieties. A
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| | New Taiwan dollar coin, the 1 and 2 Euro
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| silver dollar values at one dollar.
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| | coins, and the 100 and 500 Japanese yen
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| The term silver dollar can be misleading.
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| | coin, to name a few; the silver dollar
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| While the metal silver is used, the whole
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| | values still exist in these countries.
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| term actually generally refers to any
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| | Before dollar coins or silver dollars
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| large white metal coin, with a face value
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| | were born, paper currency was first tried
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| of one dollar, issued by the United
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| | out by a then fledgling United States.
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| States of America. Several purists have
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| | However, this form of money did not last
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| expressed their concern about and protest
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| | long and in 1776, the Continental
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| against the term, insisting that a dollar
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| | Congress approved and carried out plans
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| should not be called silver unless it
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| | for the production of silver coins to
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| really contains some, if not all, of the
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| | replace the quickly failing Continental,
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| metal in question. Still, the term silver
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| | which is what the fledgling country
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| dollar lives on to pertain to coins with
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| | called its paper currency. Unfortunately,
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| one-dollar values.
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| | silver coins were never actually produced
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| Beginning the twentieth century, dollar
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| | at the time, owing to the Revolutionary
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| coins or silver dollars have found a
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| | War which was taking place. Thomas
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| significant decrease in popular
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| | Jefferson, influenced by the failure of
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| acceptance in circulation in the United
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| | the Continental and the overall distrust
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| States of America. Since 1971, there have
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| | in paper currency that was widespread
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| been many attempts to revive the silver
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| | during the period, wrote letters
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| dollars place as legal tender, with
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| | indicating his desire for the United
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| suggestions to phase in a coin to replace
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| | States to mint coins that have similar
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| the one dollar bill, but all have proved
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| | value with and worth to contemporary
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| futile. Other developed countries, on the
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| | foreign coins. Indeed, such is the clamor
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| other hand, still have denominations of
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| | for coins and silver dollar values.
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