coind00d Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Hello, I have a Trade Dollar coin from 1798 with a seated liberty holding an olive branch twoards the West with 13 stars on one side and on the other an eagle holding 3 arrows and an olive branch in his claws. it is marked "420 GRAINS 900 FINE" with a "S" above the "D" in "Trade Dollar". I looked online to source this coin but I could not find any info on it. I only see information about trade dollar coins from 18XX and not 1798. i will attach pics in a few. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 It is most definately fake. That style of dollar was minted between 1873 and 1885. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 I think it may had been intentionally made that way so that it'd technically be a "fantasy" rather than "counterfeit", and thus get around those import rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eharvey Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I also have this coin which i bought in Chengdu, China for 15 RMB it has cc above the D in Dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I never managed to buy these in China, I saw them several times, but I could never get the price down to what I was willing to pay for them, but then on the other hand I could bargain down authentic banknotes and coins everytime. Go figure, they were more inflexible with fakes than the real things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Another dead-give away is that the quality of the minting of this coin is vastly superior to the coins I have seen from the late 18the C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Get a red book. Whatever that's not listed in there is too likely to be a counterfeit. It's too unlikely that you can find something new like a pattern. Hope you didn't get bitten hard if you paid for it. Welcome to coinpeople by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I think sometime these off date issues are going to be a collectible in their own right, they are just absurd when you think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpnyc Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 A San Francisco mintmark on a coin 60 years before the SF mint even existed..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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