The Elusive 1879-CC Trade Dollar.

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• cmerlo1 Posts: 7,963 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 8, 2017 11:44AM edited May 8, 2017 11:45AM

  Even more rare- it's the Morgan variety... The Barber design is much more common.

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• AUandAG Posts: 24,950 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 8, 2017 11:54AM

  I already wrote the guy asking why so cheap as it must be a prototype.....gotta screw with them sometimes.

  bob

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• AmazonX Posts: 680 ✭✭✭✭

  May 8, 2017 11:56AM

  Woah. This is the MEGA RARE 1879 "Sick Day Trade Dollar". Morgan was sick on this day, so lady liberty off the trade dollar decided the come in and fill in for her even thought she had retired. Such a steal at that price.

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• BillJones Posts: 34,873 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 8, 2017 12:31PM

  **OH DRAT! **They pulled down the listing before I got a chance to bid on it.

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• oih82w8 Posts: 12,627 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 8, 2017 3:10PM

  Did someone grab an image so we can share on the "joke"?

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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,851 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 8, 2017 3:12PM

  Once saw a 1798-CC Trade Dollar from China.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 9, 2017 6:05AM

  Yep...listing has poofed..... must have been a funny one.... no one got a screenshot? Cheers, RickO

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• kaz Posts: 9,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 9, 2017 1:30PM

  Darn, I needed to fill that hole in my Dansco!

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