How many different 1875-s micro s trade Dollars exist, is one question I have been pondering?
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The mini micro s went to market, the midi mirco s stayed home, the maxi micro s ate roast beef...
Seriously it would help if you mentioned which series your questioning?
How many different 1875-s micro s trade Dollars exist
@afford
AFAIK The "Micro S" is ONLY used on a particular hub type. To be honest, I never looked to see the different positions that the this style mint mark occurs for each date (1875, 1876, 1877). IMO, that is something that should be easy with some searching on the Internet images.
The CC's have been studied extensively. You
have the makings for a needed article in the Gobrecht Journal! Go for it! 
As far as I know, AFAIK is computer shorthand for "As far as I know".
Hope this helps.
The problem is that Trade dollars have been researched for years and so far...there is no "what if." The micro S mintmark occurs on three dates. Unfortunately, only specialists even care about the different hubs.
Your post about a Type I/II shows you have not caught up to changes made over twenty years ago. You'll need to consult the Back issues of the Gobrecht Journal as the micro S is not known at this time on a "REAL" Type II reverse as the hub is different. Decades ago more information was published that made lots of things in Breen and the Bowers book incomplete. A good start is Fazzari's Gobrecht Journal article in Collective Volume #4. Additional articles have been published since then.
As for the different positions of the "micro S" on coins of the same date, that has not been published. I'll race you!
LOL.
@afford said: "Insider, As far as I know the 1875-s micro s is only known on a Type I/II, and to be more specific Type IL Obverse Type IIM Reverse at this time to be exact. I am not sure why you think this is not accurate."
Because you did not post Type IIM Reverse the first time! As you seem to know, there is a huge difference in design between each reverse type. By not being specific about the 2M reverses (UPDATE: There are now 2 different 2M reverses published
) your post was incorrect (not specific 
). Now you have made the correction so no need to look anything up as you must already know about the middle date hub changes. However, you may wish to explore the 2M and 2M' reverse types published last year. IMO, the entire trade dollar hub types for the mid-dates needs to be updated "officially."
@afford continued: "I understand the Fazzari spoke about 1876 and the type I's & II's which is where I am getting my info from i.e. the Gobrecht Journals just as you mentioned. So we really are in agreement I believe you just misunderstood me or didn't realize that I am only speaking about the 1875-s micro s. The 1875 micro s doesn't occur on a typeI/I."
You are correct. Fazzari wrote about the 1875, 1876, and 1877 reverses with the "micro S." There is no "micro S" on any Type 1 reverse or Type 2L reverse. While doing further research, I learned that he had overlooked the fact that the 2M hub was actually 2 different hubs. The segment count in the eagles legs are a PUP (pick-up-point).
Nevertheless, until influential collectors such as TDN both accept these major varieties and seek to acquire them to complete their Registry Sets, this is all just minutiae.
So is the race on???