I am writing this to inform as many people as possible about a terrible situation with my country's banks. I work at a gas station. I recently aquired a real, united states issued silver certificate. (customer handed it to me in payment for an item, I exchanged it for a more modern dollar bill out of my wallet).
So, today, I go to four seperate banks in Fort Lauderdale, FL; Bank of America, Bank Atlantic, Wachovia, and Citibank. Not a single one was able to pay me in silver upon demand, as required by federal law (under thier FDIC insurance). The bank with the absolute worst handling of this, was Bank of America. They called security when I made my demand (it does say on the bottom of the bill that I must demand it... I'm well within my legal rights to do so) to be payed in Silver.
The best bank, was Bank Atlantic, who directed me to the nearest federal reserve branch in Miami, Florida. I am very sadly dissapointed in my financial institutions today by thier inability to back one, single, dollar bill by any real form of money.
Silver Certificate Face
Silver Certificate Back