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1875-S Trade $1 PCGS MS62

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 900.00 USD
1875-S Trade $1 PCGS MS62
1875-S Trade Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Obverse chop mark. Nicely toned and well struck for the issue (full obverse stars, for instance). A lustrous coin (PCGS # 87039) .

Historic note: Many trade dollars were sent overseas and circulated in China, where local merchants would note their acceptance of the coins with their particular stamp or signature. These merchant stamps of approval would be hammered into the coin with a punch, or chop, and have since become known as chop marks. Some individual coins show a few to dozens of these chop marks reflecting their days in commerce on the Asian continent. Technically, these circulated; but when sufficient original mint bloom remains to otherwise cause the coin to look as if it were new, a grade of Mint State is assigned, in spite of the chop marks.
Estimated Value $800 - 900.