I remember living in Alaska -- I was about 6 when Dad got transferred from Texas to Alaska (and they say the Army has no senses of humor). I had left my dogs in Texas and really did not want to move. As a bribe, Dad told me that they had silver dollars up there and he would give them to me when he got one in change. One day I went with him to the paymaster to collect his wages (no banks there) and asked the paymaster if he had any silver dollars. I told him what Dad had said so he gave Dad his whole pay in silver dollars!! I was thrilled, but of course I did not get the whole thing. As long as we were at that base, though, the paymaster made sure to give Dad a bunch of silver when he got his pay. There were so many, we saved them in a jar and used them to pay for the drive back to the lower 48 when we got moved again (and that is another sotry...).