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[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

it's just a worthless piece of paper.

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not, because it could be redeemed for the same amount of silver you own. That's the point. Today, we can not do that with our bank notes. You could always obtain the coin version. It's just that a silver certificate option would be more convenient.