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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 284, member: 57463&quot;]<b>What am I chopmarked liver?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, I remember the letter to the editor of COIN WORLD about Uncirculated Chopmarked Trade Dollars.&nbsp; I have the xerox of the original advertisement along with the letter here somewhere...&nbsp; Anyway, one of the usual suspects advertises a half page or page of US Type and there is a Trade Dollar with Chop Marks graded Unc.&nbsp; How, the collector asked, does a coin travel from Philadelphia to the Orient, acquire a chopmark, come home, and then get graded Uncirculated?</p><p><br /></p><p>It is true that &quot;most&quot; collectors prefer Unc[hopped] Trade Dollars and also true that perhaps just as many &quot;mosts&quot; like them with a little character.&nbsp; This is the same situation with Mint State versus Circulated coins.&nbsp; QDB is not alone in saying that while a beautiful Unc is a sight to behold, it does, after all, lack some charm, never having been in the channels of trade.&nbsp; On the other hand, a copper coin with honest wear could tell tales and THAT fact excites our imaginations.&nbsp; So, too, I guess, with chopmarked (circulated) Trade Dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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