Yet another "is it real?" Trade dollar thread

I lack only the Trade dollar and Seated dollar With Motto to complete my "holey" 19th century Type set.

This one was recently offered to me. I expressed an interest.

Then the person who offered it to me said he didn't want to sell or swap it- he wanted to GIVE it to me! And he insisted, after I tried to refuse the outright gift and offer him a swap instead.

Now, being given a Trade dollar- even a holed and scratched one- is cool enough.

But look closer... this is an 1873-CC! With a mintage of only 124,500 pieces, making it the second-lowest mintage of all the Carson City Trade dollars, behind only the 1878-CC.

Without the hole and scratches, this would be a $1K+ coin! Assuming, of course, that it's real. I personally see no reason to doubt it, though I'm not a T$ specialist. So I thought I'd ask. What do you think?





Here is a picture of the Holey 19th Century Type Set from a year ago. Since this picture was taken, I have completed all but the Trade dollar and Seated dollar With Motto, as mentioned. And now it looks like I've got the Trade dollar, too.

 

It looks like it was plated in something, which is kinda weird. Maybe an ex-jewelry piece.

 

It'll look fine n' dandy in my holey corkboard collection.

Heck, even if it was fake. I could use it as a hole filler (no pun intended).

The price is right, after all...

 

Well, I dunno... what would you say about that price? $0.00 sounded pretty good to me. I'm not offended at all.

 

Yep. The price is definitely right!