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Peace dollar melt during World War II ?

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Peace dollar melt during World War II ?

Postby pennypicker » Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:10 pm

I remember years back coming across an article mentioning that during World War II the U.S. Government melted a substantial amount of Peace dollars. Has anyone heard of such a melt and know any of the particulars such as why the government did this and how substantial was the melt?
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Re: Peace dollar melt during World War II ?

Postby tractorman » Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:39 pm

http://silver-dollar-finder.com/SilverDollarFinder-Melting.htm
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Re: Peace dollar melt during World War II ?

Postby beauanderos » Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:28 am


I didn't know about this. Thx for posting the link :D
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Re: Peace dollar melt during World War II ?

Postby pennypicker » Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:24 pm

Thanks a million tractorman for the great link. This is why I enjoy this forum so much--lots of people with tons of knowledge a willingness to share it.;)

Incidentally I did some googling and found that original article that I spoke of. In it it states that over 53 million silver dollars (combination of Morgan & Peace) were melted as a result of The Silver Act of 1942.
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Re: Peace dollar melt during World War II ?

Postby 1945v » Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:07 am

I know during World War 2, 15 tons of silver was obtained by the US Treasury department for the Manhattan project.
I wonder if it came from silver bars in storage or from another silver dollar melt like they did in World War 1.

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