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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mac266, post: 3007963, member: 26371&quot;]I recently taught another round of the Coin Collecting merit badge for some Boy Scouts, and one of the Scout&#039;s mothers had these images of a trade dollar on her phone.&nbsp; Apparently it is owned by a relative of hers.&nbsp; She did not know what it was and asked me; of course I know what a trade dollar is; however, I&#039;m unable to determine why the obverse has the textured background.</p><p><br /></p><p>Were there varieties with this textured surface in the fields, or was this one &quot;decorated&quot; with chop marks by some eastern merchant?&nbsp; Please tell me what you can.[ATTACH=full]745530[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]745531[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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