Hope to talk about trade Dollars especially the 1875-s I/II micro s. Chopped and unchopped.
afford
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How rare is it in unchopped and chopped? Does anyone here have an example of both and in what grade?
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I don't feel that I can wholeheartedly comment on the scarcity of the type itself, as I don't typically look at unchopped examples, but the 75-S Type 2 Rev, Micro S seems to be pretty scarce. I believe a member once claimed that out of every 30-35 examples of the 75-S, 1-2 were the Type 2 Micro S. I own a chopmarked example that I purchased in its current holder (PCGS AU Details - Damage), though it might receive a straight grade in the future as the damage originates from the drill marks, a feature that PCGS has been reducing its hostility towards.
I have three Trade dollars: 2 x 1875 CC and 1 1874 CC no chopmarks but two got Details - Cleaned.
From the posts here I would say it appears to have little interest in this variety. I picked up a nice example from the BST this year and was told that the time that they are not common, a tough variety to find nice. I don't know much about them but it is a neat variety. Mine is not chopped like the one previously posted. You'll have to post back if you have some stats, It is not 1:30 in my opinion.
My Trade Dollar is an 1874 CC, so I cannot help...and yes, chopmarked. Cheers, RickO
I believe that @afford is claiming that the variety is less common than 1-2/30-35.
It's a scarce coin overall, but not rare. I picked up a nice MS58 last year for the cost of any normal 75-S. See picture below. It's a really nice 58, close as you get to mint state to my eyes.
They come with chopmarks now and then, in fact there's a decent chopped example on eBay right now that ends today.
Here's mine, unchopped, rims a bit rough. No idea about scarcity chopped/unchopped
