Representative image of the United States Trade Dollars design · Public domain — Unknown authorUnknown author
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1873-P Proof United States Trade Dollars
Proof
Intriguing History
Collectors showed little interest in proof Trade dollars at first. Q. David Bowers believes more than half of the 1873 proofs were simply spent, which makes nice examples scarcer than the mintage suggests.
Key Features
- Mintage: 600 or 865 (Mint records support either figure). About 600 estimated survivors. PCGS auction record: $63,250 for a PR66 (Heritage, August 2004). Source: PCGS CoinFacts.
Total Weight27.22 g