Silver dollars used to circulate around here (The Boonies) and my retailin’ parents would piggybank ‘em to buy stuff they needed early in their marriage. There’s still a few around, 19th to early 20th c, *very* circulated condition. :^)
I remember being given silver dollars growing up. Ten year old me took them and deposited them in my savings account at the bank, being taught to be thrifty and all that. Had I held them they would be worth a good deal more than the green inked linen that I eventually withdrew from the account. (Provided the coins were not stolen or did not end up in a pit in the ground for some odd reason!)