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Help with a coin I inherited in my grandpas Collection? (Trade Dollar)
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Ok so got a half dozen old pill bottles and random coin books of silver roosie dimes from my grandpas old collection. Most stuff was pretty normal a few barbers and half dimes in the collection. There is 1 1878 CC Trade dollar in the bottle with morgan and peace dollars that is in decent shape, few dings and scratches but I have never seen a trade dollar.
I am mainly wondering is it real? is this a reproduction he got mixed in? Google is such a worm hole, any help from professionals as yourselves would be GREATLY APPRECIATED 
(Also can share more of the random coins if people want to see, got some random olg gold ones)
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I'm not an expert on these, but even if it is real, someone has cleaned the heck out of it.
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It appears to be genuine, but somebody really went after it with steel wool or something.
Thank you all already, I have never seen one of these or even the 4 half dimes he had. It is to precious to ever sell, I kind of want to grade it but will it just come back as Cleaned/Damaged?
Yes. It appears you have it safely stored. I'd enjoy it as is
It does look like the coin has been severely cleaned, but it has very little wear - have you checked the Price Guides? Even if you downgraded it to a net XF40, if it is genuine, it's a $4 - $6,000 coin. Getting it graded, even with a Details grade, would confirm its authenticity, store it safely, and make the coin a little more liquid if you ever decide to sell. One guy's thoughts ...
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Thank you, Yeah I looking online and it was values $50-15,000 but like I mentioned just excited to have it form my Gpa. Grading it officially would maybe be cool and easier to display
The coin should grade out as AU detail, cleaned (and/or damaged/scratched). However, I think it’s still worth approximately $3000 and merits professional grading. If for no other reason, many Trade Dollars are counterfeit and once graded, it will be much easier to sell when the time comes.
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