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hemisboats Valued Member United States 461 Posts	Posted 02/07/2010 11:44 am would you please tell me what you think of this 1875 Carson City Trade dollar? It has seen the world or it was born in the basement! Can you tell me which? I can tell you one thing, it weighs 27 g even. Thank you all very very very oh yeah, and very much! Report this Post to the Staff

Jaobler Pillar of the Community United States 6381 Posts	Posted 02/07/2010 3:30 pm Looks like it has AU details and overall it looks genuine to me. If I were a counterfeiter able to make a replica that looks this good I wouldn't bother to chopmark it, since I could probably get more money for it without the chops. My personal opinion of chopmarked Trade dollars is that they are cool from a historical standpoint but their price should be discounted in proportion to the degree of design damage. This coin is seriously disfigured by all the chops and IMO should be worth much less than an original, unmarked AU-50 coin. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/07/2010 4:38 pm With all the chop marks on this coin I would expect to see more wear. Also the fields look cast to me. IMO this is a Chinese copy with the chop marks added to give it a look of being circulated in China. Report this Post to the Staff
johnny54321 Rest in Peace United States 4849 Posts	Posted 02/08/2010 6:37 pm Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. I was immediately suspicious regarding the overall look of the coin, but most of it could probably be explained. The surface does look weird and lumpy, but that could be a result of the uneven toning, and depressions from chopmarks on the other side. The denticals look a bit uneven, but again could just be toning or the picture. Can you get some better photos? Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16677 Posts	Posted 02/09/2010 12:16 am The "wear" looks very inconsistent as well as the color of this coin. It looks like there was an attempt to make an AU details coin with added chopmarks to boot. I would put my money on a Chinese counterfeit TD. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
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