Tags Trade Dollars

At the last meeting of the Pawcatuck Valley Coin Club, John Frost, a member of the Liberty Seated Collectors Club, gave a presentation on one coin, an 1872-S Seated Liberty Dollar. A presentation on one coin? It’s true. John spoke to us how it was found out that this particular […]

Investment or Counterfeit?

March 10, 2017 in Investing / Research tagged Counterfeit coins / Investing / Mercury Dimes / Trade Dollars / Washington Quarters by Kevin

In a time that the United States was going through a major depression, known as the Panic of 1873, a new Silver Dollar was being designed by Chief Engraver William Barber in hopes of trading with the Far East. The United States was going through a Reconstruction period after the […]

What was the Deal with the Trade Dollar?

September 27, 2016 in Coin Sets tagged Silver Dollars / Trade Dollars by Kevin