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Chopmarked US Trade Dollars and the Current Coin Market

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. By the late 1800s, New World silver had been flowing into China for hundreds of years. When Spain conquered most of what is now Central and South America, they began producing vast quantities of silver. It is estimated that approximately 85% of the world’s silver was mined in Mexico […]

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Chopmarked US Trade Dollars in the Current Coin Market

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. By the late 1800s, New World silver had been flowing into China for hundreds of years. When Spain conquered most of what is now Central and South America, they began producing vast quantities of silver. It is estimated that approximately 85% of the world’s silver was mined in Mexico […]

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