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timetwister New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 5:33 pm Hi out there I'm wondering if anyone has ever come in contact with a Morgan dollar with chop marks? I've heard of Trade dollars and others containing chop marks but never any Morgan dollars. Report this Post to the Staff

thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 5:54 pm Well I'm highly doubtful of this but its possible that a Morgan dollar could get mixed in with the Trade dollars and get chopmarked seeing as they were struck in the same years weren't they? But DONT take my word for it. Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 5:56 pm Chopped Morgans are rare but not unknown. Report this Post to the Staff
thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 5:59 pm Ssuperddave could you post pics of one.? Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 6:16 pm The Mint didn't send them as Trade coins but nothing stopped a private party from doing so. Report this Post to the Staff
thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 6:18 pm What's the value? Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 6:23 pm I don't know what that one went for. As a rule, I'd give it a little extra interest value for the chops, but nothing earthshaking. 10% maybe? Report this Post to the Staff
timetwister New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 12/16/2013 10:45 pm Wow I've never seen a Morgan with chop mark's just wonder how much it went for. Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5829 Posts	Posted 12/17/2013 01:50 am That's very interesting, a chopped Morgan over Asia, and is CC Minted, that's makes it even more scarce. This is a very interesting subject, I'd like to know what other US coins gets chopped over Asia, with pictures if available. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 12/17/2013 02:16 am Chops would probably be limited to Crown-size coins, as it was the essential " Trade dollar" unit. All US Dollar issues up to and including the Peace dollar have been found with chopmarks. With that said, issues from multiple countries and minors are known with chops - as long as it could be physically assayed as silver/gold (a chopped 1904-S Double Eagle is known!), it could be found chopmarked in Asia. Here's a couple of relevant links; the bottom one is a .pdf (relevance starts at Page 11): http://www.chopmarks.com/rose/rose_...ty_scale.htm http://chopmarks.org/joomla/images/..._v14_n1p.pdf Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 12/17/2013 09:53 am One reason chopmarks would be rare on Morgans would be that by the time the Morgans were in production silver had and was continuing to drop. Trade dollars were by that time being exported from China back to the US because they were worth more as coins in the US than they were as bullion in Asia. A Morgan dollar would be even worse. Why send a coin worth $1 in the US all the way to China where it would be worth $.75 or less? There are chopmarks known on capped bust and Seated halves as well but they are also rare. Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5829 Posts	Posted 12/17/2013 1:45 pm Thanks for the links SuperDave! I agree Condor why would they shipped a Morgan to the Orient that's worth 3/4 of the Trade dollar, probably a mix up? But what's intriguing is the fact at those time, people have devices that can detect the amount of silver in the coins? Report this Post to the Staff
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