Just Bob

I would say you were holding two Chinese fakes at worst, and one fake pattern trade dollar and one very overpriced Morgan dollar at best.
Oops, missed the first three coins. Those all look fake, too.
 
OK, my post is confusing, even to me, so let me rephrase it:
The coins are fake. Run away as fast as you can.

Let's just take the J1315 Trade Dollar pattern as an example.
Here are two sets of pictures. The first is the genuine article, which is rare (picture from USPatterns.com). The second is a fake from China, available for about 5 bucks, including shipping. You tell me which one resembles your coin more.
 

Let's just take the J1315 Trade Dollar pattern as an example.
Here are two sets of pictures. The first is the genuine article, which is rare (picture from USPatterns.com). The second is a fake from China, available for about 5 bucks, including shipping. You tell me which one resembles your coin more.
 

Must be a regional thing. I was raised in the South, and I never heard of putting sugar on grits until I was in my thirties. Sugar was for oatmeal or cream of wheat. Grits were, and are, eaten with salt and pepper, maybe crumble up a little bacon in there, or even mix it in with your fried egg.
(I also don't say you'uns or pronounce sugar as sugah. That is a regional thing, too.)

Since you didn't grow up with them, I have to ask: Are you a sugar, or salt-and-pepper kind of guy?

Closest I found was VAM14, but I admit I didn't spend but about 30 minutes looking.
http://www.vamworld.com/wiki/1878-P_VAM-14

I had a long response typed out about die states, die markers, and Sheldon/Bowers-Whitman numbers around 9 hours ago, but I guess I failed to hit the "submit" button. Rather than re-type everything, I will just mention to the OP to check and see if the "0" in the date is directly opposite of the "O" in "OF." On the later die state coins (and maybe the earlier ones, too)  the dies were slightly rotated. This does not guarantee authenticity, but will let you know that it is likely a fake, if there is no rotation.
If the coin is, in fact, genuine, it is worth a few hundred dollars, even with the AG Details/Corrosion grade.

I get the same impression. It is much easier and cheaper to just post a question on a chat board, or do an internet search. Both have their place, but nothing can take the place of an accurately researched book.
Right now, I have 4 books sitting beside me on the couch, and two more on the nightstand, next to my bed. I guess I am "old school."

Not only was the "Strong N" introduced in 1870, but there were also some "Weak N" dies that were re-hubbed with the "Strong N" hub. This created a doubled-die reverse that is called a "Type 2" by Snow.
The OP's coin is a fake, though, regardless. 

I get the same impression. It is much easier and cheaper to just post a question on a chat board, or do an internet search. Both have their place, but nothing can take the place of an accurately researched book.
Right now, I have 4 books sitting beside me on the couch, and two more on the nightstand, next to my bed. I guess I am "old school."

Tolerance is .227, so the acceptable average weight is 5.44 to 5.90, rounded to two decimal places.

Tolerance is .227, so the acceptable average weight is 5.44 to 5.90, rounded to two decimal places.

I don't think it was struck through anything. It looks to me like it's just post mint damaged. The distance between the faces of the dies is small enough that, had there been a nut, bolt, or screw in there, it would have made a much deeper impression than shows on your coin.

I have a feeling that the photographers put them up to  it, but, yes, I agree it looks dumb. If I were in that position, I would refuse to do it.
Since we are on the subject, sort of: Wearing the US flag draped across your shoulders is a breach of flag etiquette. This should be taught to these athletes. A victory lap around the track holding a small flag would show national pride without disrespecting our symbol.

Congratulations to Mr. Lange and Mr. Burdette, for excellent writing, and to Kurt for a job well done!

That is exactly how it was done. They sent out questionnaires to collectors all across the United States. I don't understand why you don't know about this. They sent mailers to everyone they considered to be of any significance whatsoever to the Hobby. Did you not get one?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oooh! I want it! Can you get me that for Christmas?

Oooh! I want it! Can you get me that for Christmas?

When you first posted this, I though you were just showing us a nice coin that was going to be in an upcoming auction, and giving us some background information. I did not realize that you had bought it.  Very nice score!

Hey, Tom. Good to see you posting again! I hope everything is going well. 
There have been quite a few additions to the roster since you have been here. Some are good guys, and some...well... I will let you figure out who is who on your own.
On a personal note: how did the dissertation go? What is going on in your world these days? (we can have this conversation by PM, rather than hijack the OP's thread, or you can start an "I'm Back" thread, if you would like.)
Again - good to have you back. 

Hey, Tom. Good to see you posting again! I hope everything is going well. 
There have been quite a few additions to the roster since you have been here. Some are good guys, and some...well... I will let you figure out who is who on your own.
On a personal note: how did the dissertation go? What is going on in your world these days? (we can have this conversation by PM, rather than hijack the OP's thread, or you can start an "I'm Back" thread, if you would like.)
Again - good to have you back. 

When you first posted this, I though you were just showing us a nice coin that was going to be in an upcoming auction, and giving us some background information. I did not realize that you had bought it.  Very nice score!

Yes, a error collector who would NEED such a coin would still be rarer than the coin, but you would now have the additional problem that some collectors who would want a No S dime would back off because they wouldn't want a double struck one.  So now the overall demand would decrease and cause the value to go down, not up.  This is the problem with Keys that have errors.  They tend to be white elephants.  The error drives off collectors who would want the Key but don't want it with an error, but it doesn't attract error collectors because they can find the same error (which is what they are interested in) on common coins at a much lower cost.  So unless they are putting together a date and mint set all with an error, or the same error type, they have no interest.  So rare date/keys with errors are often worth LESS than the same coins without the error.

I would love that. I would be a buyer at that level, for sure.

I believe that is the first time I've ever heard that phrase used in connection with a coin purchase. I can assure you it would not apply to any of mine.