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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1054924, member: 11521&quot;]What more evidence do you need? 1879 was a Proof-only year for Trade Dollars. San Francisco did not strike Trade Dollars in 1879. If there is no such thing as an 1879-S Trade Dollar your 1879-S Trade Dollar must be fake.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So how did your 1879-S Trade Dollar come to be created? The Chinese counterfeiter makes numerous obverse and reverse dies - obverse dies of various dates and reverse dies with various mintmarks (or no mintmarks). When they fire up the press to make a run of counterfeit Trade Dollars they simply grab an obverse die and a reverse die taking no care as to whether the obverse and reverse dies go together (i.e., whether that die pairing really existed in real life). As you can see with your coin the Chinese counterfeiters produce numerous fantasy pieces.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Your coin is fake and worth only a few dollars as an example of a poor counterfeit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When in doubt you should refer to your Red Bok. The Red Book lists every year and mint for Trade Dollars and every other US coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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