Detailed information about the coin 1 Dollar (British Trade Dollar), United Kingdom, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data. But Trade dollars represent a colorful twist to the U.S. Silver dollar realm. Trade dollars actually contain more silver by weight than typical U.S. Silver dollars: The usual U.S. Silver dollar has.7734 ounces of pure silver. Trade dollars contain.7874 ounces of pure silver. The Trade dollar was a classic case of killing two birds with one stone. The United States had more than enough silver, and the coin being larger than a standard silver dollar would use more.

Municipal trade tokens of Canada

Usually referred as Canadian Trade Dollars, these tokens are generally sponsored by a local non-profit organization and given legal monetary value in a specific area and for a limited time by the appropriate local authority. They are used as money in normal commercial transaction during the period of validity even if they have no legal tender value and or not recognized by law. These tokens have been issued, however, for commemorative and fund raising purposes since 1958.

This section presents different trade dollars and municipal tokens of Canada. The links below will guide you to the description and characteristics of these types of tokens and see various errors, varieties and values.

Alberta

Athabasca District, Banff, Banff / Lake Louise, Barrhead, Brooks, Calgary, Cardston, Claresholm, Cochrane, Crowsnest Pass, Drumheller, Edmonton, Edson, Falher, Fort McMurray, Fort Vermilion, Fox Creek, Grande Cache, Grande Prairie, High Level, High Prairie, Hinton, Innisfail, Jasper, Lac La Biche, Leduc, Lethbridge, Marwayne, Mayerthorpe, McLennan District, Medicine Hat, Olds, Red Deer, Sherwood Park, St. Albert, St. Paul, Sylvan Lake, Vegreville, Vulcan, Wainwright, Wetaskiwin, Whitecourt, Wildwood Elks

British Columbia

Trade Dollar Melt Value

Barkerville, Campbell River, Chase, Delta, Hope and District, Kamloops, Kelowna, Kimberley, Kitimat, Ladysmith, Langley, Lillooet, McBride, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Okanagan, Pacific Northwest Coast, Penticton, Port Alberni, Port Hardy, Prince George, Richmond, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Squamish, Telkwa, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria

Manitoba

Boissevain, Brandon, Dauphin, Flin Flon, Glenboro, Minitonas, Morden, Morris, Portage La Prairie, Snow Lake, Winnipeg

New Brunswick

Chatham, Dieppe, Fredericton, Moncton, Newcastle, Shediac, St. Andrews, Woodstock

Newfoundland

Change Islands, Corner Brook, Eastport, Gander, Rigolet, Saint John, St. John's, Steadybrook, Trinity Bight, Wabush

Northwest Territories

Hay River, Inuvik, Yellowknife

Nova Scotia

Amherst, Baddeck, Baie Sainte-Marie, Black Friday, Cape Breton, Claire, Clare, Darthmouth, Dartmouth, H.M.C. Dockyard, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Queens County, Truro, Windsor, Wolfville, Yarmouth

Ontario

Alexandria, Almonte, Ancaster, Arnprior & District, Bancroft, Bancroft and District, Barrie, Beckwith, Belleville, Bowmanville, Bracebridge, Brampton, Brantford, Cambridge, Chatham, Chesley, Cobourg, Cornwall, Durham, Elliot Lake, Espanola, Fergus, Fort Frances, Gravenhurst, Guelph, Hamilton, Harriston, Havelock, Kapuskasing, Kitchener/Waterloo, Lindsay, Lombardy, London, Longlac, Manitoulin, Mattice, Midland, Niagara Falls - Casino, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, North Bay, Oakville, Oshawa, Ottawa, Parry Sound, Peterborough, Powassan, Rainy River, Sarnia, Sault Ste. Marie, Shelburne, Smiths Falls, St. Catharines, St. Thomas, Stratford, Sudbury, Temagami, Thunder Bay, Trenton, Walkerton, Wawa, Windsor, Woodstock

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown, Greater Summerside

Quebec

Amqui, Bic, Charny, Chicoutimi, Granby, Jonquière et Desbiens, Matane, Montmagny, Montreal, Perce, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec, Rimouski, Riviere-du-Loup, Rocher-Perce, Saint-Eloi, Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupre, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Sherbrooke, Trois-Pistoles, Trois-Rivieres, Ville-Marie

Saskatchewan

Esterhazy, Estevan, Eston, Gravelbourg, Kamsack & District, Kamsack, Kerrobert, Kindersley, Lloydminster, Luseland, Maple Creek, Midale, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Osler, Oxbow, Prince Albert, Radville, Regina, Region Three, Saskatoon, Shaunavon, Swift Current, Tisdale & District, Weyburn

Yukon

Dawson, Whitehorse

Sample catalog image for Trade Dollars

Trade Dollar 1797

Trade Dollars Fake

About Trade Dollars

Trade dollars were struck from 1873 through 1885 and specifically intended to circulate in Asia alongside other similarly sized silver coins from other nations. Trade dollars were legal tender in the United States, but their status as freely circulating legal-tender coins was modified over the years as silver prices and other economic factors influenced the situation.
William Barber designed the Trade dollar, which portrays a seated Miss Liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse. Often, circulated Trade dollars are found with various Asian merchant marks, which are colloquially referred to as ?chop marks? by many in the coin realm.
The most common Trade dollars are those from the mid 1870s. In 1879, the United States Mint began striking Trade dollars only in proof, and these issues are quite scarce, with the 1885 as the rarest with a mintage of just 5 pieces. While dealers and collectors should be wary of encountering forged examples of any coin, Trade dollars are especially notorious for being counterfeited. Raw specimens of any date and grade should be scrutinized carefully before purchase.

Trade Dollar

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