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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 7745304, member: 74863&quot;]Chop marks occur on Trade Dollars. Trade Dollars were made to circulate in Asia to complete with dollar sized coins from other countries. They were legal US tender and could be used in the states. Silver prices decline and Congress repealed a provision and authorize the treasury to limit the coinage to export demand. In 1887 treasury redeem the three dollars that were not mutilated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chop marks were used by merchants and other businessman in the orient to confirm their make up of 90% silver and 10% copper. Each tree dollar weighed a total of .7874 ounces of pure silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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