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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1944829, member: 26302&quot;]Btw Gnomey, yes you are correct. In China the preferred form of silver was Mexican 8 reales. Heck, the Mexicans went back to 8 reales denomination after they had went to pesos specifically for the Chinese market. Great Britain, French, and US trade dollars were made to imitate the Mexican pieces. You are also correct that chopmarks were put onto coins as merchant verification. After the merchant spent the time to authenticate a piece, he would put his mark on it so that if he ever received it again he could save time by not having to reverify the piece. Even back then fakes were a huge problem in China, and merchants constantly had to be vigilant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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