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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Gosh, that's a lot of chopmarks. Apparently they didn't trust another merchant's chopmark.
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Moderator
 United States
15450 Posts |
Interesting example for sure.
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Rest in Peace
United States
4078 Posts |
 Thank you fellow members. A wealth of information. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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01/19/2023 09:31 am
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Moderator
United States
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Not one I would ever want, but still an interesting example.  |
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Valued Member
China
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At that time, there were many small banks (private) in China's coastal cities. These stamps are sometimes used to check whether it is a counterfeit coin with silver and copper, and sometimes to prove and record that this coin flows through a certain bank (small bank). There are many such trade-dollars here, and most of them are not good and cheap. This kind of stamp is also common in Spanish Carlos silver coins, Mexico 8R, etc   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:
"Gosh, that's a lot of chopmarks. Apparently they didn't trust another merchant's chopmark." *** Edited by Staff to add Quote tags. Please use them in the future. ***A merchant would probably have a favorite place to chop, and would look there to see if he once owned it, if by chance he received the coin again in commerce |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not my wheelhouse, but can appreciate the history behind these.
Interesting just how many chop marks it has, yet it remains in AU condition. Must have remained relatively untouched between merchants, or jumped from merchant to merchant quickly.
Thanks for sharing.
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Valued Member
United States
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Personally, I think the chopmarks are really cool. There is a LOT of history there!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3343 Posts |
It's already in my belt buckle, heavy chop side out.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice! Need to see a picture of the buckle, preferably with the jeans and boots. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
01/24/2023 4:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's the setup when it had an obverse damaged 1870-CC in it. That was back when an 1870-CC didn't cost a small fortune....and it also came from Larry Briggs....  "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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01/25/2023 09:08 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3343 Posts |
Here's the Trade dollar in the buckle. The chopping on the coin is a pretty good match for the carving on the belt.  "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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01/25/2023 09:09 am
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United States
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Looking good! |
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