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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 979467, member: 66&quot;]When they were first made back in 1873 - 74 they were worth their face value and they were accepted as such overseas.&nbsp; But as the value of the silver fell the Chinese would no longer accept them as dollars but only for their bullion value.&nbsp; Once that happened it became advantageous to ship the trade dollars&nbsp; back from China where they were worth bullion (maybe 85 cents) to the US where they were legal tender for a dollar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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