Trade Dollars 1902 and 1911 - Thoughts?

Hi All,

Picked both of these two up British Trade Dollars for under £100 alongside some other bits...
Thought it was a great deal... especially as the 1911 dollar seems to be in XF condition.
I was hoping someone could explain why the 1911 is so dark/dirty?
1902 has a harsh clean, unfortunately.

What do we think the value of these are?

Thanks,
Coinismatics

 

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Being a US collector, I have no idea what they may be worth, but those are some mighty good looking coins.

 

For the darkness, maybe they tend to oxidize more around the perimeter?
Mine has a similar pattern. I picked up mine cheap because of the countermark.

 

Ah thank you good sir

 

Fantastic buy at about half retail. Take a look on eBay at 1911 plated trade dollars carefully and check the weights. 1911 needs scrutiny but this is outside of my knowledge although I do have one. Thank you for sharing .

 

Thanks mate I'm going to weigh it tomorrow... I will share the results.
Fingers crossed...

 

Good luck, I kind of want one too, but have shied away at the prices

 

I was the same until I came across these two...

They were in a coin album at auction which contained quite a lot of junk apart from the last page where I found these two, plus some victorian silver.
Thinking ill flip these if I get the chance!