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Collecting Trade Dollars: Doable on a Budget?

We have examined some of our classic silver dollars in previous Bargain Collector columns but have thus far stayed away from the short-lived Trade dollar series. It seems that among the collector community there is a belief that the entire series is expensive; and as well, there is the belief that this series is tough to collect. Let’s go through these big, silver pieces in some detail, then, and see if there might be a couple of bargains hiding among a more expensive crowd.

Philadelphia, as Opposed to San Francisco or Carson

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