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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tcore, post: 132462, member: 2949&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">Well, here&#039;s what I know...</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">My coin is slabbed as being genuine by NCS.&nbsp; I&#039;m not saying that that&#039;s the end all, be all, but gives me quite a bit of confidence.&nbsp; Also, I bought it in a major, reputable coin auction.&nbsp; The bidding on it was quite hot!&nbsp; </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Perpetua"><font face="Arial">In person, the colors of the coin appear a bit different.&nbsp; In some lighting situations, the chop marks appear darker, as seen in the picture.&nbsp; In other light, the chop marks appear to be nearly the same color as the coin.&nbsp; Also, the whole color of the coin in the picture appears washed out.&nbsp; It is not that way in person.</font></font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Perpetua"><font face="Arial">From what I have learned about chop marks thus far, here&#039;s what I can tell you.&nbsp; Chop marks varied greatly.&nbsp; They varied between time periods as well as between regions within those time periods.&nbsp; In Rose&#039;s book, he says that the size and style of chop marks was often a fad.&nbsp; At some periods of time and locations, it was &quot;in&quot; to put small chop marks on coins (probably a quarter of the size of those on my coin).&nbsp; During other periods, it was fashionable to put big, bold chops on coins (as mine has).&nbsp; Rose has many examples of both in his book.</font></font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Perpetua"><font face="Arial">I have seen many variations of chop marks myself.&nbsp; Many are different than those on my coin and many are similar.</font></font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Perpetua"><font face="Arial">I have included here five pictures from major auctions that are of trade dollars with chop marks very similar to mine in style, size and appearance.&nbsp; All five of these examples are slabbed by NCS, PCGS or ANACS as well.</font></font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Perpetua"><font face="Arial">Just something to ponder and thanks for all the comments so far!&nbsp; </font></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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