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Re: The very first round?
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Re: The very first round?
<< <i> << <i>The problem with the Pedley-Ryan dollars is that they are 430 grains. A troy ounce is 480 grains. Even an avoidupois ounce is 437.5 grains. I don't know what standard they were shooting at. >> Capt'n, did you ever weigh one of these? I'm wondering if they were supposed to say 480 grains. Given their somewhat… -
Re: The very first round?
<< <i>The problem with the Pedley-Ryan dollars is that they are 430 grains. A troy ounce is 480 grains. Even an avoidupois ounce is 437.5 grains. I don't know what standard they were shooting at. >> Capt'n, did you ever weigh one of these? I'm wondering if they were supposed to say 480 grains. Given their somewhat crude… -
Re: The very first round?
Awesome, BigB. If I'm understanding SCD.com, they were supposed to be the same size and shape of a US silver dollar. They were being sold three for a dollar, but SCD says "some motorists were using the slugs in lieu of silver dollars at automatic filling stations." I can't help but think of the movie Paper Moon and how… -
The very first round?
A few weeks ago as I was perusing eBay, I came across an ugly slug of a "so called dollar": The Pedley-Ryan Dollar, HK-825. It was so simple that it intrigued me, so I dug a little deeper. From SoCalledDollars.com Pedley-Ryan & Co., Denver investment house, in order to provide a convenient medium for speculation in silver…
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