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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 157453, member: 669&quot;]<img src="http://bestsmileys.com/foot_in_mouth/1.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is indeed listed in <i>Coins of the World 1750-1850</i>, 1971 Ed. (Craig)&nbsp; as C#25-3, an undated 1837 issue, valued at $150.&nbsp; The SCWC (Krause) uses the C# in lieu of a KM#, and gives some further information, calling it an &quot;Old Man &#039;Dollar&quot;and &quot;Soldier&#039;s Pay&quot;; with a weight of 26.80g.&nbsp;&nbsp; They also give an issue range of 1837-1845, and in this case I would be inclined to go with their research rather than rely on Craig.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The weight is approximately the same as US silver dollars, Chinese Yuan, Japanese Yen, and other silver coins circulating in Asia during the middle and late 19th Century. </p><p><br /></p><p>You definitely need to get your coin authrnticated, as Krause values in the 2001 3rd Ed. go as high as $2,500 in XF, with a 10% premium for the lack of any chopmarks.&nbsp; Reportedly they normally have at least 2 chops on the reverse, at the lower left.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to forward your pictures to Krause for possible inclusion in later catalogs.&nbsp; The picture they have now is of a coin with more than a dozen ugly chops. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; If it&#039;s OK with you, please PM me with your full name so I can give you credit.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW my avatar is the character &quot;four&quot; from the date on a Meiji-era Japanese 1 sen in my collection, showing a significant die break (the line between the box-shaped character and the rim).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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