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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brandon spiegel, post: 2427829, member: 67787&quot;]To get another try at the collection set, I would have a proof 1880 trade dollar, a circulated 1877s trade dollar, and an 1873 cc trade dollar with chop marks in the set. These coins were designed by William barber, and this set will display how the same design, was used for so many different purposes. The circulated trade dollar, would be there to display, how this coin did not have status as a legal tender during a part of its production on american soil so it was often times not liked by workers due to the drop in silver prices, which made it to where they were worth less than a dollar a piece. The low grade will not only help to emphasize this dislike of this coin type, but will provide a good entry way into the set. The one with chop marks will be there to display the original purpose of the trade dollar, where it was made to be comparable with the Mexican peso, so it could be utilized in trade with china whom produced many of the worlds goods at the time. Befroe the introduction of the trade dollar (where many other countries tried to have similar examples) the Chinese only accepted pesos (and likely 8 realz pieces) so countries, would have to trade silver with mexico, before they could they could trade with china. This coin was there to prevent that, and to reduce the costs that were involved in trade with china were accepted. The marks were there so merchants could test the purity of the coin, and is proof that it was utilized in oversees trade. The proof will be there, because it displays how there was a rise in interest in collecting coins at the time, and will also serve the purpose to act as a trophie piece in this collection, that can be utilized to show other people, the amazingness of the trade dollar. This collection, can be useful to build for those of a wide numismatic knowledge, whom may not want to specialize in the trade dollar; but have an interesting set that is fully put together, even though it is only comprised of three coins.</p><p><img src="http://coinhelp.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/G41.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/10420369_800x600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61yuN5WvxLL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61BHmC3FI6L.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Work Cited</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/coinvalues/dollar/trade-dollar.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/coinvalues/dollar/trade-dollar.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinworld.com/coinvalues/dollar/trade-dollar.html</a> (for knowledge)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Work Cited for images</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coinhelp.net/trade-dollar_value-1873-85/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinhelp.net/trade-dollar_value-1873-85/" rel="nofollow">http://coinhelp.net/trade-dollar_value-1873-85/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=4205" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=4205" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=4205</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/trade-dollars-proof-dollar-pcgs-cac/dp/b010mlebba" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/trade-dollars-proof-dollar-pcgs-cac/dp/b010mlebba" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/trade-dollars-proof-dollar-pcgs-cac/dp/b010mlebba</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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