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I finally got my first Trade Dollar. WARNING - Not eye candy, more like eye broccoli.

sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,063 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I've been wanting and looking for one for an embarrassingly long time.
Sure I'd like one of the beautiful AU 58's or MS ones shown here, and hope to someday, but this is what I got.

Was looking to get a T$1 for my 7070 but I'm not going to crack this one out. I'll get another for my album some other day.

Very happy with it for a few reasons.

- I like that it's straight graded by PCGS. No "genuine" or "details" tag.

- Really like that it has one chopmark on each side.

- Like the date & mm.

The surfaces are not as dull as the pic appears. They have a very uniform light steel look.

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    tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice chops
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    RB1026RB1026 Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭✭
    You had me at "broccoli" image

    Nice coin! I like it.


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    kazkaz Posts: 9,355 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey, I can make a meal on this one. Meat and potatoes and chopmark gravy!

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    I love the gunmetal gray look, and knowing that this coin made its rounds to the Orient and back, what's cooler than that?
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    GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 18,508 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice....I like her.

    Congrats!
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice.
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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "eye broccoli"

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    FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,270 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nothing wrong with that one! Congrats.
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was expecting something green based on the title... Shucks it's more like Eye Herring! imageimage
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    123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    Great date and nice chop marks!
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    TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,910 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nothing wrong with that. Would look great in a 7070. Personally, I would crack it out and put it in there.
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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    More eye appealing than the chopped one's in MS grades IMO, honest wear. image
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    HighReliefHighRelief Posts: 3,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the chopmarks on the trade dollars, so much history to them. It would be interesting to look up exactly what the chopmarks are saying?
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    MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,740 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful Trade Dollar that shows circulated character.
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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd rather have it than a mediocre slider.
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    crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭


    << <i>I'd rather have it than a mediocre slider. >>



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    Nothing not to love. Love the date/mm, chops and look. Great coin!
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,100 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sure beats pink eye and stink eye.

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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like it.
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    OldIndianNutKaseOldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice coin with very nicely defined chop marks.

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    renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting how the chops affect their respective opposite sides, eagle's neck and the bounty. That's one heavy handed hammer hit. Say that 10 times fast. image
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    lostincoinslostincoins Posts: 4,278 ✭
    Fantastic and just how I like them......
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    stealerstealer Posts: 4,039 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You had me at "broccoli" image

    Nice coin! I like it. >>


    I got a kick out of that image

    The chop on the back is a little similar to my last name, which sounds like the word for "vegetable." That would've been a good match.
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    thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats. on the addition.
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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,937 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What's not to love?

    Even broccoli can be fantastic.
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    morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,510 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love broccoli, way more nutritional value than candy, nice honest Trade buck.
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    kazkaz Posts: 9,355 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I didn't realize that "eye broccoli" is a term in modern speech. I feel like an australopithecine sometimes.

    link to definition
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    MilkmanDanMilkmanDan Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat chops, more complex than your average characters. Also neat to see one that circulated for a while after being chopped.
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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What jerks. You would think they would've chopped the coin neatly in the open fields instead on the devices. image
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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the title of the thread..
    Congrats on the coin, also
    Frank

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    Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A working (China) Man's coin, and a cool look!
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,029 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I like the chopmarks on the trade dollars, so much history to them. It would be interesting to look up exactly what the chopmarks are saying? >>



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    ACopACop Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I like the chopmarks on the trade dollars, so much history to them. It would be interesting to look up exactly what the chopmarks are saying? >>



    I believe a girl I dated had these tattooed on her back. They mean "Transcending Butterfly"

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