NewP.......Breaking all the Rules!

savoyspecial

I'm breaking all the rules with this one. First off, I purchased a Trade Dollar off Ebay


.....and it was raw!

.......and I admit to not knowing the series well!

.......in fact, my first U.S. Trade Dollar I have owned!

.......and if that werent enough, I'm posting about it before having the coin in hand! (although via tracking number, it is en route)



yes, I'm living dangerous but here goes...





and here is the auction link Ebay Link (Buy It Now was used)



so, opinions??? what do you think???

obviously, I like engraved coins and the fact that this one was presumably engraved in the same year (1875) added to the appeal.......of course, I do hope it looks nice in hand as the obverse seems to have had a wipe or two that the reverse avoided (makes sense as the obverse was the side with the engraving that would have been prominently displayed)

also, there is a rim nick at 11:00 on the obverse that draws my eye

Broadstruck

Once a coin havs been defaced via a counterstrike, engraving, etc... it's no longer a coin as it becomes exonumia.

I've always felt the same about chop marks on T$1 and would rather own a nicely engraved example instead.

Have you tried to research who the person was who had it engraved and gave it as a gift

droopyd

send it back, clearly you really wanted the 1785 trade dollar as advertised

astrorat

Very nice, Greg.

Lane

ricko

Interesting .... Unlike Broadstruck, I prefer chopmarked trade dollars to engraved, but that is an interesting specimen. Nicely done. Cheers, RickO

PipestonePete

Those photos make it appear that the coin is perhaps in an NGC holder. No mention of that in the description however.

StubbyMcNumbthumbs

I wonder if there is any connection to this one...

LH Randall CW Token


Neat piece, BTW!

dieabolical

That's pretty cool, and if Stubby's connection proved true that would be really cool.

Frozenink

Greg,

Thats a great piece. Just another layer of history.

Gary

Swampboy

WTG.

Looks like you got a chop mark too.
Layers of history.

TomB

Looks quite cool and very beautiful work.

BigRick

C.H.B. or C.E.B. ?

What was Charles Barber's middle name?

Oh, that's right:

Charles E. Barber
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search
For other people named Charles Barber, see Charles Barber (disambiguation).
Charles Edward Barber (1840–18 February 1917) was the sixth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1879 until his death in 1917. He succeeded his father, William Barber, in the position. Barber's best-known designs are the eponymous "Barber" dime, quarter, and half-dollar, as well as the so-called "V" nickel. Some lesser known designs by Barber include the trial copper-nickel cent, trial three-cent piece, and the $4 Stella "Flowing Hair" pieces. He was strongly critical of Augustus St Gauden's designs of the Gold in 1908, and tried hard to stop them being produced.

Barber was succeeded as Chief Engraver by George T. Morgan.

pursuitofliberty

That is a very kewl Trade Dollar ...


aww, if they could only talk sometimes!!

SamByrd

great coin, yes it is engraved but its no doubt very old and original. I think you paid a fair price for a really cool coin.

DorkGirl

savoyspecial

thanks for the comments!


Stubby: will have to investigate that connection; thanks for pointing that out


Swampboy: i'm not seeing the chopmark -- where are you looking??

SkyMan

I like it. Nice pickup.

HoledandCreative

Nice coin.

savoyspecial

Realone, i'm thinking those are reeding marks from contact with another coin



another argument against a chopmark would be that this coin, if minted in 1875 and engraved later that year, has probably been to China as many times as i have