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Trivia question: What "dollar" coin saw the most usage in circulation in the US? (answer p

BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
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Just read this and thought the answer was interesting...

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    wjd283wjd283 Posts: 1,406
    I would think the Morgan.
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    mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Trick question. None.
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    michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    seated dollar for usa coinage

    but with these brackets " " around the word dollar then the answer is the spainish milled "dollar"
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    michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    but i still imageimage the seated dollar and her whore cousin the trade dollar
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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Hmmm...

    Could it be the Ike Dollar?

    I have seen them in circulation more than the Sac dollar and I can't imagine Morgan or Peace dollars ever circulated very much.

    Anything predating the Morgan was probably too rich for most people.

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    arlea1957arlea1957 Posts: 817
    No doubt the most used dollar coin is the one I carry in my pocket.....1883 Morgan
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    tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would say the seated dollar in the first decade of its use. After that, it was worth too much to circulate.

    Of course, if you go by sheer numbers, it would have to be a recent coin.
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    ddinkddink Posts: 2,748
    Didn't someone say the gold dollars were the most accepted & widely circulated?
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    BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    According to an article by Al Doyle in the latest Coin Values (came with June 6 Coin World), top of p. 21, it's the Mexcian 8 real coin (legal tender until 1857).
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,594 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Didn't someone say the gold dollars were the most accepted & widely circulated? >>



    I read that the gold dollar circulated quite extensively in several sources. Makes sense when you think about it. The 8 reals circulated more and had legal tender status until 1857 but wasn't really a US coin.

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    roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,374 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would never have thought of the 8 real piece. But nothing after the seated dollars of the 1840's really circulated all that much.
    I would still have said Morgans just because of the huge quantity of them minted. Even a fraction of those circulating is a lot of $$.

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