http://www.coinlink.com/News/items-of-interest/chinese-reveal-1805-us-dollar/ It is reported that the Government of China possesses a previously, unknown unique U.S. silver coin! The Chinese Foreign Ministry has not provided all details regarding the supposedly unique piece, but has announced the existence of heretofore unheard of historical documents that relate to U.S. silver dollars from the 1830s. It is already widely accepted that Proof Sets of U.S. copper, silver and gold coins were produced as diplomatic gifts during 1834 and/or 1835. These sets were prepared under the direct orders of President Andrew Jackson. All the coins included were dated 1834 except the 1804 silver dollar and the 1804 Eagle ($10 gold coin). U.S. Mint officials wrongly believed that there was a need to depict the date of the last year in which coins of these two denominations were actually minted for circulation. (Silver dollars struck in 1804 were dated 1803.)
Happy April Fools Day! April Fools Day The above-story is fiction. It is not intended to contain criticism of President Jackson, Emperor Xuanzong, or any other government official, living or dead. All quoted statements above are fabricated. As far as I know, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has not issued any statement regarding a rare U.S. coin, nor about U.S. Proof Sets from the 1830s. Likewise, I am not aware of a Professor David Jones who is a specialist in Chinese history. If anyone named Jones has ever made a statement that bears resemblance to my fictional quote in the story, it is just a coincidence.
If that were actually real, I would estimate it's value to approach $7 million. I wouldn't consider it to be as historically significant as the 1794 SP-66 Flowing hair dollar or as highly desirable as the lone legal 1933 St. Gaudens Double Eagle. So I set its value slightly less. No need to tell me it was an April fools joke, I was just considering how expensive it would be.
A genuine "1805" US silver dollar does exist. It was discovered in the 1930's and was authenticated by Bolender. It sold for thousands of dollars back then between a couple of the top people in the hobby. and then was finally correctly attributed as being an altered 1803 whose key stars had been carefully tooled to change where they pointed at the denticals so they wouldn't match any 1803 star positions. http://www.pcgs.com/books/silver-dollars/Chapter06Listings-031.aspx
So using the D.Carr example, does this make a Chinese made 1805 dollar legal to import and sell in the US as it doesn't exist?
