Silver Dollars Melted in 1946

[jeff of pa]

The Akron Beacon Journal​

Akron, Ohio · Friday, June 28, 1946

 

[ToddsPoint]

In 1946, the US Gov was sitting on millions of silver dollars in storage since the late 1800s.

 

[fishstick]

Sure glad mine made it thru it!!!!

 

[Red-Coat]

In 1943 the U.S. War Protection Board declared the production of silver nitrate to be “nonessential” for consumer goods, including for civilian and commercial photographic use. Even the production of things like shiny Christmas ornaments was affected. Silver nitrate use was largely confined to important industrial and military applications (but including photographic materials for reconnaissance purposes).

The shortage continued well into 1946, exacerbated by a surge in demand for civilian photographic film and paper after the war ended.

 

[UnderMiner]

I have a mid-20th century bottle of the stuff. The crystals are white and very dense. This 16oz bottle is quite small but it feels like holding a piece of lead in the amount of weight it has relative to its size.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Gotta love the "antidote"...salt in warm water and then puke til
it's clear...then lie down and drink egg whites mixed in water until
you puke some more.

 

[pepperj]

I have a mid-20th century bottle of the stuff. The crystals are white and very dense. This 16oz bottle is quite small but it feels like holding a piece of lead in the amount of weight it has relative to its size.
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There is approximately 0.635 oz.
of pure silver in every ounce of silver nitrate crystals.