Gem Chopmarked Trade Dollar

tradedollarnut

Granted, I haven't seen the coin in person yet, but this has the appearance of being one of the gems that I'm looking for:

1878-S Chopmark

FC57Coins

looks like a wonderful example! Especially if it's prooflike! Great catch!

Frank

shirohniichan

Cool. It looks like a Stacks photo. It appears the chop is an incomplete stamping of the character for "one hundred".

shirohniichan

I've found one that's even better.

Check out the details on this one!

TommyB

seems awfully inexpensive for such a nice looking coin. I need to start watching these more. Great coin

agentjim007

I was the underbidder on this one. I always thought TDN was the one to grab this one, I like it better than the e-bay coin chop-chop

jcping

agentjim007, does it has scratches on the coin or it is a chop marked coin? I rarely see the chop mark is so light (ususally chop marks were punched very deep) and you could see the flatness from the other side of the coin

In oriental, an original coin with all chop marks (barely could identify what coin type is) is worth much more than the coin with a few chop marks. tradedollarnut, do you have any? If yes, would you show us an example

agentjim007

Just one chop above TR of TRADE on reverse. Thats why I liked this one, I should have bid more. Its one of those regret coins.

Russ

Hanging around this forum and seeing posts like this, I sometimes find it extremely difficult to stay focused in my collecting habits.

Russ, NCNE

tradedollarnut

The only one I have that has tons of chopmarks is a rare 1875-CC type II reverse.

I tend to like them with just a few chops on each side. I've got a superb gem 1874-CC that has just a few chops and is in extraordinary condition - one of the finest known if not for the chops!

I'll try to scan a few tomorrow.

Gemini

Chop Dead Gorgeous !