Trade Potty Dollars; Carson City area and others.

Tinkertoy

I've had an 1873-CC Trade Dollar for decades and recently started thinking about it and realized that some Hobo Nickel collectors have taken the hobby a few steps beyond where it was in the 1970's when I acquired this dollar. They even know who carved some of the nickels. Looking up Hobo Potty Trade dollars, I see quite a few bearing the CC mint mark so I presume the artist lived in the area. The one I have was circulated, a lot, after the art work was applied so I presume the carving occurred in the 1870's or 1880's or maybe later but way before Trade dollars stopped circulating. I gave it the "ring test" and it passed although a wee bit lite for wear. I'm impressed that it's on a 1873-CC as that was the first year of issue and is not a common coin in the series. The mint mark is really faint and worn but there.

Are there any avid collectors out there that can shed some additional info on this coin and the hobby of collecting them in general?

thefinn

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