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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;laz, post: 288, member: 53&quot;]<b>re:chop marks</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I find it interesting that some early chopmarked coins are trading at higher prices than undamaged coins today.They are listed as having </p><p>&quot;historic chopmarks&quot; and actually promoted as being better,go figure! Anyway,chops were Chinese(and other location) Merchant marks that were applied after the purity of the metal had been verified.Whithout these marks,the trade coins wouldn&#039;t circulate in the orient.Chops are often found on Spanish Colonial coinage,World crowns,and various trade dollars.Few people realize that minor silver was also chopped.Even some early U.S.coinage that circulated there recieved chops.I&#039;ve seen a couple&nbsp; &quot;Draped Bust&quot; Dollar&#039;s with chops,as well as a Dime from that series.Basically it was a easy way to tell the local people that these coins were good money. ~ Jim</p><p><img src="http://groups.msn.com/ErrorWorld/Documents/Error%20World%20graphics%2FEWbanner.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://groups.msn.com/ErrorWorld/_whatsnew.msnw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://groups.msn.com/ErrorWorld/_whatsnew.msnw" rel="nofollow">http://groups.msn.com/ErrorWorld/_whatsnew.msnw </a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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