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Agreed. In this regard, they are different than Chinese chopmarks. (View Post)

Here's a cut 4 reales: And a cut 8 reales: both obviously traveled to China. (View Post)

Turns out there was a post here about this a couple years ago, started by forum member @pruebas https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1039892/the-great-japanese-gold-trade-of-1859 (View Post)

Sort of, but in Japan not China. Read about the "Japanese gold rush of 1859". Here's an article I found after a quick search https://www.gold-eagle.com/great-japanese-gold-trade-1859 (View Post)

That could be, but I think it's just as likely that most of them did leave. My understanding is silver dollars were not all that popular in the 1850's - the gold dollar was much preferred. … (View Post)