Trade Dollar Tuesday- Post yours too!

Hello everyone. Today I'm calling "Trade Dollar TUESDAY". Please post one of yours.
This is my 1878S Trade dollar that's also a Doubled Die Reverse. Notice the doubling all throughout the reverse upon enlargement.
Thanks!

 

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Fake Alert! I do not own a Trade dollar. So, I have listed my Chinese fake. I am actively looking for a reasonably priced trade dollar with at least ten chop marks. If anyone has one for sale, please contact me. If listing a fake is against policy or etiquette, I apologize.

 

Just have one. But, I'm glad to have one!

 

This one doesn’t count but it’s interesting

 

My Proof



My Unc.



My Chop mark piece



Box Trade Dollar - This one requires a description. In the late 19th century it was a fad to hollow out a coin and then replace the side that had been cut out with a hinge on it. The real use was to store a picture, perhaps of a family member. Romantic thinkers said these coins were used to smuggle opium.

I have read that this practice was common during the 1893 Columbian Exposition. There are Columbian Half Dollars that have been turned into box coins.

 

I have a box dollar that I can’t open and I don’t want to bend the edge. Any secrets to them?

 

You have to push around on the surface until you find the sweet spot where it opens a crack. Then you can push the lid up. It’s not that easy.

 

Oh boy. Well I’ll just post a few lol

 

Wow! Is there a coin that you don't have.

 

Yeah. I don’t have a 76 77 78cc trade. A 73-s a 75 s and p and 73 75 76 78 79 81 and 83 in proof and of course 84 and 85. Trade dollars. That’s my series I collect. I honestly don’t have much in 20th c coinage. But i have a fair degree of completeness on a type set.

 

WoW! Impressive to say the least. This is my only one. Don't know what I paid but I know it wasn't much more than $100. I worry about the authenticity of these however even graded.

 

Seen a lot of fakes. Seen a lot of real ones too. I’m pretty good with authenticity. Most I paid was the 74 proof. And it’s worth a lot more now. It’s a 64 cam cac pcgs.

 

Not to get off topic but do you collect Large cents too?

 

Getting back on topic, here is a "Wide" selection from my collection:

 

No. I like them. But trade dollars are my thing. Early dollars too but they’ve gone up so much in the last few years