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<p>[QUOTE="goldrealmoney79, post: 6540974, member: 111622"]Were opium dollars authentic to the time period? or were they made up make believe to sell people on these trade dollars?</p><p>I know they were supposed to be used for holding opium, but you rarely see them with much if any wear on them. and then other ones appear to be used as a locket. </p><p>In addition, rarely do the die markers match up on these opium dollars and they look like theyre made from 2 separate coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the only worn example ive ever seen</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-One-Dollar-ND-Trade-Dollar-Opium-Box-Hinged-Dollar-Well-Used-/372815484984?hash=item56cd88d838%3Ag%3AzHkAAOSwAchdsc1T&nma=true&si=RO2L2cJqyoIU804dI25ZDl9D4Q0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338688952&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-One-Dollar-ND-Trade-Dollar-Opium-Box-Hinged-Dollar-Well-Used-/372815484984?hash=item56cd88d838%3Ag%3AzHkAAOSwAchdsc1T&nma=true&si=RO2L2cJqyoIU804dI25ZDl9D4Q0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338688952&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-One-Dollar-ND-Trade-Dollar-Opium-Box-Hinged-Dollar-Well-Used-/372815484984?hash=item56cd88d838%3Ag%3AzHkAAOSwAchdsc1T&nma=true&si=RO2L2cJqyoIU804dI25ZDl9D4Q0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another example being sold with the photo inside</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/034-OPIUM-BOX-DOLLAR-034-1878-TRADE-DOLLAR-W-OLD-PHOTO-NURSE-INSIDE-/353359650155?hash=item5245e05d6b%3Ag%3Aj6AAAOSwkMpgBy2b&nma=true&si=RO2L2cJqyoIU804dI25ZDl9D4Q0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338688952&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/034-OPIUM-BOX-DOLLAR-034-1878-TRADE-DOLLAR-W-OLD-PHOTO-NURSE-INSIDE-/353359650155?hash=item5245e05d6b%3Ag%3Aj6AAAOSwkMpgBy2b&nma=true&si=RO2L2cJqyoIU804dI25ZDl9D4Q0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338688952&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/034-OPIUM-BOX-DOLLAR-034-1878-TRADE-DOLLAR-W-OLD-PHOTO-NURSE-INSIDE-/353359650155?hash=item5245e05d6b%3Ag%3Aj6AAAOSwkMpgBy2b&nma=true&si=RO2L2cJqyoIU804dI25ZDl9D4Q0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So whats the deal with them? Were they just lockets and story got changed over time? or were they originally used for opium and then became lockets? or was it all just marketing hype?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="goldrealmoney79, post: 6540974, member: 111622"]Were opium dollars authentic to the time period? or were they made up make believe to sell people on these trade dollars? I know they were supposed to be used for holding opium, but you rarely see them with much if any wear on them. and then other ones appear to be used as a locket. In addition, rarely do the die markers match up on these opium dollars and they look like theyre made from 2 separate coins. Here is the only worn example ive ever seen [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-One-Dollar-ND-Trade-Dollar-Opium-Box-Hinged-Dollar-Well-Used-/372815484984?hash=item56cd88d838%3Ag%3AzHkAAOSwAchdsc1T&nma=true&si=RO2L2cJqyoIU804dI25ZDl9D4Q0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338688952&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1']https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-One-Dollar-ND-Trade-Dollar-Opium-Box-Hinged-Dollar-Well-Used-/372815484984?hash=item56cd88d838%3Ag%3AzHkAAOSwAchdsc1T&nma=true&si=RO2L2cJqyoIU804dI25ZDl9D4Q0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557[/URL] Here is another example being sold with the photo inside [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/034-OPIUM-BOX-DOLLAR-034-1878-TRADE-DOLLAR-W-OLD-PHOTO-NURSE-INSIDE-/353359650155?hash=item5245e05d6b%3Ag%3Aj6AAAOSwkMpgBy2b&nma=true&si=RO2L2cJqyoIU804dI25ZDl9D4Q0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338688952&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1']https://www.ebay.com/itm/034-OPIUM-BOX-DOLLAR-034-1878-TRADE-DOLLAR-W-OLD-PHOTO-NURSE-INSIDE-/353359650155?hash=item5245e05d6b%3Ag%3Aj6AAAOSwkMpgBy2b&nma=true&si=RO2L2cJqyoIU804dI25ZDl9D4Q0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557[/URL] So whats the deal with them? Were they just lockets and story got changed over time? or were they originally used for opium and then became lockets? or was it all just marketing hype?[/QUOTE]
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