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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1424202, member: 4381&quot;]<a href="http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=24997" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=24997" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=24997</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While Morgan dollars are known to everyone, or nearly so, the Trade dollar was an unwanted stepchild in numismatics for many years. There was little interest in the varieties and the presence of chopmarks on many of the available coins was a definite minus in the eyes of most numismatists. In the past few decades, however, this has changed for the better, with an increasing number of collectors looking for the scarcer mintmarks and die varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story of the Trade dollar begins with the discovery of silver, in what is now Nevada, during 1859. Prior to that time the amount of silver mined in the United States was so small that it was merely the proverbial blip on the radar screen. There was a mine in North Carolina that produced a few thousand ounces per year but this was a mere drop in the bucket compared to the silver imported from abroad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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