1797 Trade Dollar [решено]

Yes, I have just been given a 1797 Trade Dollar, I know that it is silver, but I need a price estimate, as my local shop will not give me an estimate, this is in pretty good condition (f/vf), and on the reverse it has Liberty sitting on a column of bricks, with the liberty sache, and an olive branch in each of her hands, then finally the date, then on the front you have the eagle, in one talon it is holding an olive branch, and the other one is 3 arrows. would like some help on an estimate please??

got a photo?

It is a USA coin?  If so it is KM# 108 but it was only minted 1873-1885.

I know you asked for a valuation, but ...

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_is_the_value_for_United_States_1797_trade_dollar_coin#

 and ken6528 has the correct dates 1873 to 1885 (therefore implying there is no 1797 date). More on ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dollar

 but what do I know. Just what I read above. They could be wrong and it is a genuine date and coin  

Цитата: ZacUKI know you asked for a valuation, but ...

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_is_the_value_for_United_States_1797_trade_dollar_coin#

 and ken6528 has the correct dates 1873 to 1885 (therefore implying there is no 1797 date). More on ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dollar

 but what do I know. Just what I read above. They could be wrong and it is a genuine date and coin  

Wikipedia is notoriously unreliable, as it is simply a vanity press - members of the public submit and edit articles which are then published without verification or accountability, I shouldn't and don't trust ANYTHING on Wikipedia.

If I should want a valuation on a potentially valuable coin, I'd approach Spinks, or a reputable dealer I trusted of old.

Matt

Цитата: Matt Probert

Цитата: ZacUKI know you asked for a valuation, but ...

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_is_the_value_for_United_States_1797_trade_dollar_coin#

 and ken6528 has the correct dates 1873 to 1885 (therefore implying there is no 1797 date). More on ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dollar

 but what do I know. Just what I read above. They could be wrong and it is a genuine date and coin  

Wikipedia is notoriously unreliable, as it is simply a vanity press - members of the public submit and edit articles which are then published without verification or accountability, I shouldn't and don't trust ANYTHING on Wikipedia.

If I should want a valuation on a potentially valuable coin, I'd approach Spinks, or a reputable dealer I trusted of old.

Matt

Wikipedia has almost 15 million users, and any of those users are potential editors and fact-checkers.  Every author is also an editor.  Wikipedia has over 6,000 admins and reviewers.  (Compare that volume of admin support to the size of the Numista Team!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics

It has been my experience as a Wikipedia user since 2002, that an error on Wikipedia does not stay there long, especially as Wikipedia's user base grows. I have personally fixed typos, corrected spelling errors, fixed grammar and wikicode mistakes hundreds of times on Wikipedia, but only contributed a few original articles.  I know that anything I put on Wikipedia (or anybody else, for that matter) will be double-checked by millions of eyes, and I've served as that kind of editorial review for articles written by others, correcting mistakes as I catch them, just as Numista members fix mistakes in the catalog when they find errors.  They won't catch everything right away, but they will catch everything.

(EDIT: There, I fixed the quote block order.)

Цитата: Cerulean

Цитата: Matt Probert

Цитата: ZacUKI know you asked for a valuation, but ...

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_is_the_value_for_United_States_1797_trade_dollar_coin#

 and ken6528 has the correct dates 1873 to 1885 (therefore implying there is no 1797 date). More on ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dollar

 but what do I know. Just what I read above. They could be wrong and it is a genuine date and coin  

Wikipedia has almost 15 million users, and any of those users are potential editors and fact-checkers.  Every author is also an editor.  Wikipedia has over 6,000 admins and reviewers.  (Compare that volume of admin support to the size of the Numista Team!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics

It has been my experience as a Wikipedia user since 2002, that an error on Wikipedia does not stay there long, especially as Wikipedia's user base grows. I have personally fixed typos, corrected spelling errors, fixed grammar and wikicode mistakes hundreds of times on Wikipedia, but only contributed a few original articles.  I know that anything I put on Wikipedia (or anybody else, for that matter) will be double-checked by millions of eyes, and I've served as that kind of editorial review for articles written by others, correcting mistakes as I catch them, just as Numista members fix mistakes in the catalog when they find errors.  They won't catch everything right away, but they will catch everything.



Wikipedia is notoriously unreliable, as it is simply a vanity press - members of the public submit and edit articles which are then published without verification or accountability, I shouldn't and don't trust ANYTHING on Wikipedia.

If I should want a valuation on a potentially valuable coin, I'd approach Spinks, or a reputable dealer I trusted of old.

Matt

Exactly what  I said. Notoriously unreliable. Warm and comforting like babies' formulae milk. And just as dangerous.

Matt

Цитата: Matt ProbertExactly what  I said. Notoriously unreliable. Warm and comforting like babies' formulae milk. And just as dangerous.

Matt

Wait a minute... baby formula is dangerous?  Since when?

(You may have noticed that I edited by previous post, fixing my quote block mistake.)

Yes, i took it to my local dealer, who is with numastics association and the USA one too, he has said it is of value, and genuine, but as he is only a small dealer he would not be able to buy it because of the cost...