I can remember when our dollar bills said "Silver Certificate" on them

[panader0]

Now it's "Federal Reserve Note". Soon it will say "Wipe Here"

[cliffordu]

1. Yep - or "light this end"

[poverlay]

2. Yep, I remember too. In fact, I have a couple somewhere... n/t

[Mojorabbit]

9. I have one my pop gave

me when I was little.

[Richard Steele]

3. Yeah, they used to be an item that could be exchanged for something of value.

Now, they're just paper. Their value is an illusion.
And, like all illusions, it only lasts as long as
no one questions it.

[Codeine]

5. The value of silver was also an illusion.

Basically people agree that certain substances (gold, silver, diamonds) are worth more than others, but there is nothing inherent in those substances that gives them special value.

[Canuckistanian]

4. I'm a Bimetallist

Look it up.

[RB TexLa]

6. Many places here accept Pesos I'm sure more and more will start using Euros

There is nothing requiring Americans to use Dollars.

[salguine]

7. Dollar bills never said "Silver Certificate" on them. Silver certificates

said "Silver Certificate" on them. They looked almost identical to dollar bills, with a few changes, which is why people often mistake them for dollar bills. They were backed by silver and printed as an alternative to gold-standard paper currency. They stopped making them by around 1960.

But I'll bet you're right about the "wipe here".

[ColbertWatcher]

8. Or, they will say ...

... Go fuck yourself.


http://www.wikiality.com/Special_message

[Hekate]

10. I kept one of those. I used to pull silver dollars out of circulation too. Jeez you make me feel old