where are all the 1874 philadelphia mint trade dollars????????????????

[michael]

why is it that on most all specialist and regular dealer coin lists you rarely if ever see any circ let alone unc.!! 1874-p trade dollars for sale?

 

if you look at any specialist or even regular dealers coin lists the last few years you always see the s mint and lots of cc mint trade dollars for sale circ. and some unc.

 

BUT YOU RARELY IF EVER do you SEE ANY 1874-P MINT CIRC. COINS FOR SALE LET ALONE UNC'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

why is this

[cointagious]

I dunno.

 

Excepting the 1877 all of the P mint trade stuff is tuff.

[Tradedollarnut]

All of the first two years are scarce - except for the fact that 1873's were saved as a novelty and there are a few more of them around.

 

They were used as they were supposed to be used - to dump silver from the Nevada mines into China in return for trade goods. From there they went to India where they were melted.

[michael]

THANKS GUYS great information