Do you detect anything unusual about the reverse of this trade dollar?
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Seems a little off. I seem to recall an eagle on most of the Trade dollar reverses.
That is actually real neat. There was skill used in that one.
Graffito
That is totally hardcore.
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I didn't buy it...but sure is cool.
I guess graffiti doesn't kill the value, 'eh?
cool for sure, but tooled.
bob
Fantastic!! Looks like engraving on paper money plates.
If that engraving really is nineteenth century, it's far and away the best that I've seen on a Trade Dollar.
Aaaah, who needs that?
Today we have DCarr.
Outstanding!
Seems legit
http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/publishedset.aspx?s=142753
https://www.autismforums.com/media/albums/acrylic-colors-by-rocco.291/
That is the most detailed and intricate chop mark I have ever seen.
Complete Set of Chopmarked Trade Dollars
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Don't know what it is exactly but I like it
Wouldn't it be great to know the story behind that one?
Looks like Dickie Smothers.
Love token of sorts
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http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
Probably....likely the date is when "Ballie" passed.
Groovy. Pun intended.
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Very detailed. Steady hand to make all those hash marks in the portrait.
Reminds me of the dot matrix printer “art” from a few... decades ago.
I don't think he engraves coins but he does engrave dies for striking coins.
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That would be my guess. This was engraved several years after TD's stopped being produced and after they lost their legal tender status. I'm surprised a Morgan dollar wasn't used.
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"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Okay, so who is that dude? And what is he looking at? At least he is groomed to the nines. Peace Roy
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Probably no one famous. His family apparently loved him enough to hire an engraver to create this remembrance of him.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Mom always liked him better.
Very interesting. Never seen anything like that before.
The marking on the obverse suggest some sort of attachment points. To make it into a bracelet or pendant or something else .
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That is a very cool piece.
Really awesome piece for anyone that collects TD and/or exonumia. I've never seen anything quite like that. Anyone here pick it ip?
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Neat coin, and WELCOME BACK!
I know you stated you were definitely leaving and not coming back due to all the constrictive rules, so I am grateful you changed your mind.
Now that is unique... Very well done - professional I would say. I have not seen anything like that from that period. Cheers, RickO
Somebody dicked with it. But it is cool.
Quite an elaborate chop mark!
Outstanding. Probably done by an engraver, as in a printmaker who engraved plates.
I looked on Google, and searched online....couldn't find anything to clue me in on who this was or what importance June 21 1886 represented. This coin is also shown in the current issue of Coin World, Nov. 2018 issue, and they just call him a gentleman in the portrait with delicate engraving. "The obverse shows evidence of it once being mounted with a pinback."
The coolest thing about this coin is the carving is in the style of a banknote.
Looks like Lee Van Cleef in one of those Clint Eastwood movies
I wish for engraving skills like that very cool item
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
Should be okay as long as I stick to raw silver coins with engraved images of comedic straight men of the 1960's!