coin silver
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The suffragist Susan B. Anthony was the first woman to be featured on a circulating U.S. coin; silver dollars with her image were first released in 1979.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2022
If Congress agrees, the entire 1.7 billion ounces of silver now held as paper currency backing can be used for coins, giving the Treasury enough coin silver for the next 35 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
These official medals are of four kinds: small gilt at $1; large bronze at $2; coin silver at $3; large gilt at $5, or all inclosed in one case at $11.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand
Gold pieces were principally coined, and in proportion as gold was coined it became more and more difficult to coin silver.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
I would not coin silver money, because the low intrinsic value of such currency would make it a cumbrous one.
From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry
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