Trade Dollars
A short yet expensive series and the only type to ever be demonetized.
  • 1873, Proof
  • 1873
  • 1873-CC
  • 1873-S
  • 1874, Proof
  • 1874
  • 1874-CC
  • 1874-S
  • 1875, Proof
  • 1875
  • 1875, 1st Reverse
  • 1875, 2nd Reverse
  • 1875-CC
  • 1875-CC, 1st Reverse
  • 1875-CC, 2nd Reverse
  • 1875-S
  • 1875-S, 1st Reverse
  • 1875-S, 2nd Reverse
  • 1875-S, S over CC
  • 1876, Proof
  • 1876
  • 1876, 1st Reverse
  • 1876, 2nd Reverse
  • 1876-CC
  • 1876-CC, 1st Reverse
  • 1876-CC, 2nd Reverse
  • 1876-CC, Doubled Die Reverse
  • 1876-S
  • 1876-S, 1st Reverse
  • 1876-S, 2nd Reverse, 1st Obverse
  • 1876-S, 2nd Reverse, 2nd Obverse
  • 1876-S, Doubled Die Obverse
  • 1877, Proof
  • 1877
  • 1877, Doubled Die Obverse
  • 1877-CC
  • 1877-S
  • 1877-S, Repunched Date
  • 1877-S, Doubled Die Reverse, FS-801
  • 1877-S, Doubled Die Reverse, FS-802
  • 1878, Proof
  • 1878-CC
  • 1878-S
  • 1878-S, Doubled Die Reverse
  • 1879, Proof
  • 1880, Proof
  • 1881, Proof
  • 1882, Proof
  • 1883, Proof
  • 1884, Proof
  • 1885, Proof
  • Chopmarked

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1873 to 1878 Trade Dollars
1873 to 1883 Trade Dollars
1873 to 1885 Trade Dollars
of Philadelphia Trade Dollars
of Carson City Trade Dollars
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History has never been stranger to a coin produced by the United States than the subject of the Trade Dollar. The series had a short run, minted for circulation only for five years and then for collectors for the next five, and it stands as the only coin to have ever been demonetized by the government.

The concept of a Trade Dollar is not limited to the United States. Several foreign powers were creating their own dollar-sized coins for use in export and trade, particularly with the growing Asian markets. For the better part of American history, the coins of Mexico were preferred over anything made by the United States. However, once Emperor Maximilian rose to power in Mexico and had his image placed on his country’s coins, the markets of Asia began to reject Mexican coinage. America had an opening.
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History has never been stranger to a coin produced by the United States than the subject of the Trade Dollar. The series had a short run, minted for circulation only for five years and then for collectors for the next five, and it stands as the only coin to have ever been demonetized by the government.

The concept of a Trade Dollar is not limited to the United States. Several foreign powers were creating their own dollar-sized coins for use in export and trade, particularly with the growing Asian markets. For the better part of American history, the coins of Mexico were preferred over anything made by the United States. However, once Emperor Maximilian rose to power in Mexico and had his image placed on his country’s coins, the markets of Asia began to reject Mexican coinage. America had an opening.

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