Do you think this Peace dollar is like a Trade dollar "Opium" coin?
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I've always thought these were incredible:
I've owned a couple myself but it's been about ten + years and have long since sold them.
I've been kind of looking off and on for another yet have noticed prices on these have risen- not dramatically- but
enough to keep me from pulling the trigger, so to speak.
Then I came upon this Peace dollar:
It would be the first I've heard of a Peace dollar being modified into one of these locket coins.
Then again, it may not be.
I took the chance and either way, will show the results when this Peace dollar arrives.
Before it does though, do you think it is a locket/"opium" dollar or something else?
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If you look at the reflected image of the coin edge on the flip, at a minimum you can see a clamshell effect going on.
Based on timing, I don't think it was a Chinese opium/box dollar but that's only a moderately educated guess. But seems like it may have been constructed in the same way and would look just like one.
Neat! I look forward to seeing it.
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Yes, Peace dollars are among the many types of U.S. & world coins that have been made into box dollars including $20 Saints & Libs and other gold coin types.
You guys have given me faith.
And, 1madman, that's some CSI'ing you've got going on!
Here, I hope is a better shot of the first photo:
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never know, but impossible to tell if it is re-manufactured the same way as the trade or just 2 milled pieces pushed together
look forward to the final results
Either way, you're going to own the only 1924-D Peace dollar in existence.
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I doubt any of these box coins were used to smuggle opium due to its very limited storage space. From what I've read, they usually carried a picture of a loved one and sometimes an XXX picture.
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I agree and thus why I placed the word, "opium" in quotes.
Neat magician's coin. I purchased one of these at the Disneyland magic shop back in the 1970s.
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These are neat novelty items, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it