How Did Pittman Act Affect Silver Certificates?
Jun 11, 2021
2 minutes
By Richard Giedroyc
■ Silver Certificates were meant to be certificates that could be redeemed over-the-counter for silver dollar coins. What impact did the scrapping of silver dollars by the Pittman Act have on Silver Certificates?
Since due to the Pittman Act the government no longer had an identical number of silver
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