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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7504905, member: 85693&quot;]I used to be a very enthusiastic chop collector.&nbsp; Rising prices and a move towards ancients have caused me to move on, but I have some of them still.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I started collecting chops in 1987, they were starting to rise above the &quot;damaged&quot; category, but many bargains could be had back then.&nbsp; Not so much now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the day Frank Rose&#039;s book on Chopmarks was considered the main authority for these.&nbsp; There appears to be a newer work available, but I have not seen it:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-book-on-chopmarked-coins.250400/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-book-on-chopmarked-coins.250400/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-book-on-chopmarked-coins.250400/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>French Indo China piastre - note this has so many chops it is bent:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296697[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296698[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain trade dollar:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296703[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Philippines peso - the issues by the USA are fairly common chopped:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296702[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Philippine peso - 1897 Spanish issue - these were rarely chopped - the weight was too low to compare to the Mexican pesos, so most of these were melted, not chopped:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296701[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mostly the Mexican cap-and-rays are what you will find for later chops.&nbsp; A lot of these were chopped, usually with small chopmarks, but they can be found, as here, with large chopmarks:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296699[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some oddball crowns can be found chopped - Netherlands 2.5 gulden were chopped from time to time, according to Frank Rose.&nbsp; I&#039;d be worried about counterfeits with these (as I am with this one):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296700[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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