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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 432004, member: 12718&quot;]<img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/memorex-qt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/memorex-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yes, this thread will be about my Trade Dollar, but I want to set up the questions first.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For those of the younger set, tape cassette players were my generation&#039;s MP3 players.&nbsp; Yes, I know, and dinosaurs once roamed the earth.&nbsp; Anyway, this memorable marketing campaign was trying to sell you on the idea that there was no difference to listening to music live and listening to it on Memorex tape.&nbsp; In fact, if the right pitch was sung, it could shatter glass (did anyone try and do this?&nbsp; I admit to a few yelling attempts back then) and the idea was that the recorded voice on tape could do it too.&nbsp; For a little history, take a look at the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald on this Memorex commercial:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkt8Dwzl6Sg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkt8Dwzl6Sg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkt8Dwzl6Sg</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, now to my questions.&nbsp; Trade dollars are hard to determine whether they are real or counterfeit.&nbsp; Let&#039;s look at mine:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1877-S%20Trade%20Dollar/1877-STradeDollar034.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1877-S%20Trade%20Dollar/1877-STradeDollar043.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And now it is time for you judge:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- Is it real or is it fake?</p><p>- Is it VF or XF?</p><p>- Would you slab it to guarantee originality?</p><p>- If so, would you first send to NCS to remove the dirt?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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