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A chopmarked 1859-S Seated Dollar. Besides being the first silver dollar produced at San Francisco, this was the first attempt by the United States to create a coin aimed at international trade, albe… (View Post)

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Hope you have more success than I've had. I had to request an interlibrary loan through my old academic institution to see a copy (most seem to be institutional), and it was a really great reference … (View Post)

It was only intended for foreign trade, but that wasn't what ended up happening. The wording of the law was initially vague as to whether a trade dollar was actually a dollar, and while the bullion v… (View Post)

Some really nice pickups! There was also a pretty great 1811-So 8R in there as well. (View Post)