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by okjdawg » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:39 pm
i have aquired a 1875 silver trade dollar trying to figure out how good of a deal i got
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by thedrifter » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:35 pm
Mint? Price payed? Pictures?
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by HoardCopperByTheTon » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:45 pm
US or Chinese?
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more
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by ScottyTX » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:56 pm
OHH AHH I certainly hope you know your trade dollars. The last time I bought one I dug into deep reasearch to make sure it was real. Make sure to get a accurate weight and then some pics posted I'm sure there are a few of us on here that can assess what we think its worth!!
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by NotABigDeal » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:51 am
HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:US or Chinese?
That's what I thought, hehe....
Deal
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by okjdawg » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:26 am
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by rexmerdinus » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:20 am
An old collector friend once told me that any trade dollar WITHOUT a Chinese counterstamp is immediately suspect, since they were minted specifically for the purpose of trading in the Far East. And fakes have been around a long time, dating back at least to the 1930's from what I've read. I bought a handful of fakes for five bucks from a Manila street urchin a few years back, and every one of them had different die flaws.
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by okjdawg » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:53 pm
so you think this is a fake
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by tedandcam » Wed Jan 16, 2013 1:13 pm
okjdawg wrote:so you think this is a fake
Pull it out of the cardboard and weigh it (on a good scale). If you have a LCS near you, take it to them. Have them check it out for you and ask what they will offer you. That will give you a good idea as to its worth. I had someone from Craigs List, that wasn't a coin person, meet me with one and the weight was way off. He was genuinely surprised and said he was gonna hang it on the wall in his office. Also do the flip test. The one I seen did not pass the flip test either.
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by uthminsta » Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:00 pm
The only trade dollars I ever had, I bought off eBay in the late 90's... and they were fake. I could tell immediately upon taking them out of the package, just by the peculiar heft they had. The seam on the rim was kind of a giveaway too
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by NotABigDeal » Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:21 pm
okjdawg wrote:so you think this is a fake
So, what did you pay? And did you remove it yet from the holder?
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by okjdawg » Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:52 am
i took it to my lcs and they said it was fake good thing i got other items with it i paid 50 and got that and a worn down morgan 6 silver quarter and 5 mercs and a bunch of junk coins like president dollars and reg nickels dimes quarters so i think it was good oh and i forgot i also got a really worn 1941 half dime
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by scyther » Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:09 pm
okjdawg wrote:i took it to my lcs and they said it was fake good thing i got other items with it i paid 50 and got that and a worn down morgan 6 silver quarter and 5 mercs and a bunch of junk coins like president dollars and reg nickels dimes quarters so i think it was good oh and i forgot i also got a really worn 1941 half dime
I'm guessing you mean 1841 half dime or 1941 half dollar...?
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by highroller4321 » Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:38 pm
okjdawg wrote:
The lettering on the back gives it away for being a fake.
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by uthminsta » Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:39 pm
okjdawg wrote:i took it to my lcs and they said it was fake good thing i got other items with it i paid 50 and got that and a worn down morgan 6 silver quarter and 5 mercs and a bunch of junk coins like president dollars and reg nickels dimes quarters so i think it was good oh and i forgot i also got a really worn 1941 half dime
I'm wondering about all this other stuff too now!!! Have you checked out the Morgan?
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by OtusLotus » Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:47 am
I was thinking the same thing... wouldn't hurt to check out the others.
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