Trade dollars are one of those coins that should be purchased graded and slabbed unless you have expertise in them. Lots of fakes bouncing around.
Yeah. If you don't know what you're doing never purchase a raw trade dollar. That being said I've bought a lot of them and every one has been sent off to pcgs. And all graded genuine
I don't think that is luck...aren't you considered one of the Trade dollar experts on CT - with knowledge far above most of us?