Chop marked trade dollars

claychaser

Does anybody collect or have any chop marked trade dollars for sale? What do these sell for in relation to comparable un-chopped coins? Does any grading service slab these? I might be a little nuts, but I think they are neat coins!

ddbird

PCGS will slab em. They tend to sell for less becuase some consider it damage.

Jeremy has a neat one, with some other neat ones posted. Ill try and pull up the thread for you.

Here it is

lordmarcovan

There is even a Registry Set for chopmarked Trade dollars, believe it or not.

DaveG

I bought one with about a dozen chop marks a couple of weeks ago for $70.

claychaser

Thanks for the cool pictures of the 74-CC chopped dollars. Interesting that PCGS will slab them, since they seem to be so fussy about any cleaning. Guess that gives the legitimacy to the chop mark being part of the history of the coin, not something done just to enchance its collector appearance or value.