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On the recordNovember 27, 1961
Our new policy will in effect provide for the eventual demonetization of silver except for its use in subsidiary coinage.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Concerning Monetary Silver.

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