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Wanted Half Dollars/Trade Dollars

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Found this booklet.
Found the pricing quite interesting.


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 Posted 12/28/2008  11:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add littleboy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Trade dollars below a dollar? hmm
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That does it! I'm inventing a time machine. Who's with me!
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count me in, I'll bring My old sea bags to put them in.
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Trade dollars below a dollar? hmm
Interesting. Anyone have any theories on this?

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Oh no, not another Time Machine thread!
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 Posted 12/28/2008  9:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Podoprigora to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
On your first quote I think thats the price they pay for coins. And maybe they buy coins by lots. But thats only maybe
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trade dollars below a dollar? hmm
Interesting. Anyone have any theories on this?


A misprint?
Maybe meant to say $1.60-$1.80?
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I found a link that might explain...

http://blog.numismaticnews.net/flip...43;Tune.aspx

The value of silver had fallen and when the Trade dollar was demonetized it was only worth melt value.
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hmm
my entire bust half set is worth a total of $2.95
psh, I spent $400 on just one of those
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As jbuck mentioned, the value was below face, as demonited coniage.

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make sure that whatever year you go to that you don't bring coins that are earlier than that year.. Wouldn'T want you to get locked up for counterfeiting
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you can get them earlier than that year, but you better not get some later than that date
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Sounds like the episode of Journeyman where he accidentally gave a cab driver a current $20 FRN while back in time.
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This reminds me of the guy that got permission from God to bring two suitcases to heaven; and filled them with gold.

All of the angels kept asking him, "Why paving material?"

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