I wonder if anything cool is happening in the Chopmark world these days?
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Saw a Reddit post that the latest issue of chopmarked news is available but no URL
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For those of you who aren’t subscribers to the newsletter, this coin was featured on the cover:
Quite exciting indeed.
Indeed!
Thus the winky face in post 1 Original D!
This one is not exactly a "cover girl."
Or, is this what's known as "hammered silver?"
Statistically, this coin shouldn't exist. The 1859-S is known to have been exported to a fairly large degree relative to its tiny mintage (part of the reason for that mintage was a petition from US merchants to have a trade coin they didn't have to pay a premium to obtain, as they did with Mexican silver), but only a handful of other dates in the Seated Dollar series are known with chops, of which this is the sole known CC.
Neat coin. Can you make out the date, or is it totally gone? Based on the mintmark, looks to be 73 or 74. Of those two dates, 74 is much more likely to be found with chops.
It is a 74...
It was my hope to lure this one out, simply because I can no longer zoom into pics on IG lately..🤪
So, what's curious to me is where in the heck has this been hiding??
Was it in an old collection or has it recently surfaced out if the wild?
U.S half dollars, quarters, dimes
and half dimes also went to China.
I wish I knew! Of all places, it surfaced on.....Facebook. Not kidding.
Bags and bags of CC dollars were exported to the FarEast. While not shipped in bulk it isn’t crazy to think a common (comparatively) 70cc slipped into a bag or was swapped out for an early trade dollar before the values spread between the two
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Do you have a link to how to become a subscriber? I frequent another site and the question of chopmark resources came up. It would be nice to direct that dude/dudette on how to sign up for the newsletter.
I like the chopmarked Trade Dollars...I have looked for a chop tool for a long time... they just never seem to be available... would like to get one to match a chop mark on a coin...Cheers, RickO
Hi @Stork, that’s great. From the newsletter:
Note, that’s an image so you can’t click the email link. Just email Colin using that address and he’ll fill anyone in on how to subscribe. It’s really easy.
As far as I’ve heard, no chopmarkimg punches are known which is really surprising given how many different characters and symbols are known. You’d think at least a few would have survived. My theory is they were outlawed, required by law to be destroyed.
@OriginalDan....I have heard that also.... just makes no sense that none have entered the market... or found at shops in China....just seems strange that all those tools (and there must have been thousands) just vanished....Maybe all kept as family heirlooms....Cheers, RickO
@OriginalDan Thanks! That was the same POC I'd had from a few years ago, didn't know it was still active. I will pass that info on.