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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Malleus Maleficarum, post: 4676606, member: 113425&quot;]A new Trade Dollar arrived in the mail today. An 1876-S which I got cheap at an eBay auction. The weight and diameter were good. It passed the magnet and slide test. Other than it being cleaned, it looked good in hand. Then I looked at it with my loupe. Questions now have arisen. It looks like it took some abuse over the years. It has something that looks like a chop mark by the eagle talon. It was hit so hard, it bubbles out a little on the observe.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The mint mark is my main concern, it looks like a worn out blob. Which can be a sign of a fake. Hopefully it was just damaged sometime and then worn.&nbsp; When I hold the loupe just right, I can make out an S hiding in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anything, this Trade Dollar is a good study for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: The S in the TrueView above this, looks the same. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151886[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151887[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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