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Message:: [QUOTE="fiddlehead, post: 2989026, member: 31286"]To keep this going a little bit - and because this is an interesting coin that I only discovered was a quasi rarity until well after I bought it (and sorry if you already saw this in another posting). It's a chop marked CC trade dollar, which in itself is not out of the ordinary at all, but it is a Type I/II (type 2 reverse) and a 2-M sub type (which is probably not relevant). According to Bowers in PCGS coinfacts the 1875CC trade dollar with a type 2 reverse is "exceedingly difficult to locate." He goes on to say the Marvin Jacobson who is an expert on the series has owned only two and never seen any others!  So there!  Must be that at the time the type 2 reverse was used trade dollars were not being sent oversees or weren't put in circulation?  Who knows, but this coin which graded XF40 certainly was and it was recently approved by CAC.  For the grade and issue that's pretty unusual too - although CAC doesn't identify how many are of the chop marked variety. [ATTACH=full]736955[/ATTACH] By the way, the indicator of the Type II reverse is the lack of berries under the eagle's left claw.  The 2M indicator is a little more difficult to locate.  It's ID'd by the double back feathers - which is difficult to discern without being able to compare the varieties. Enjoy!  Any other takers?  I love to learn about these less than ordinary variations, etc.[/QUOTE]