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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1071262, member: 11521&quot;]The coin is almost certainly a fake. I am not an expert on Pattern pieces by any stretch of the imagination but I have not been able to locate this particular piece. It appears to be a fantasy piece. I have not been able to find any Trade Dollar Patterns with that date - 1871. In fact, I have not been able to find that obverse at all. The design is similar to other &#039;Liberty Seated On Globe&#039; designs but that one looks rather amateurish. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This particular reverse was used on an 1873 <a href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/Pattern_Guides/beededcoronet_tradedollarpatterns.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/Pattern_Guides/beededcoronet_tradedollarpatterns.html" rel="nofollow">Beaded Coronet Trade Dollar Pattern</a> but I have not been able to find it used with the obverse of the coin depicted in your post. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Again, I think it is extremely likely that piece is a fake, most likely a Chinese counterfeit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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