🥇 BANNER 1878 Contemporary counterfeit Trade dollar, San Francisco mint mark!

[Scrappy]

Me and my buddies Eastcoast hunter and Bart got out for a hunt. A real beat up place that’ll reward you if you try hard enough. I’m right in a spot overlooking a stream and I get clunky mid-signal.

What I uncovered blew my mind. First I saw the eagle and the corroded edges and, having dug a few, I knew it was an old counterfeit. I was thinking it’s a counter Mexican 8. My buddy Charlie cleaned it I and we were floored. Never have I seen a trade dollar, much less a counterfeit one!

I’ve dug some great old and real silver in my life, so I really appreciate a contemporary counterfeit when I find one. So enjoy, I’ve never seen or heard of one found, and this one cleaned up beautifully.


Good hunts,

Steve

 

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[pepperj]

That's an amazing recovery Scrappy!
It looks like pewter of some sorts.
Top shelter for sure, really liking it 👍

 

[Scrappy]

That's an amazing recovery Scrappy!
It looks like pewter of some sorts.
Top shelter for sure, really liking it 👍

Damn Pepp, it’s top shelf for sure. It has a tremendous amount of silver plating (debased) so it held up really well. The inside metal loomed uniform and professionally done. Not a basement operation for sure

 

[Digger RJ]

View attachment 2011670Me and my buddies Eastcoast hunter and Bart got out for a hunt. A real beat up place that’ll reward you if you try hard enough. I’m right in a spot overlooking a stream and I get clunky mid-signal.

What I uncovered blew my mind. First I saw the eagle and the corroded edges and, having dug a few, I knew it was an old counterfeit. I was thinking it’s a counter Mexican 8. My buddy Charlie cleaned it I and we were floored. Never have I seen a trade dollar, much less a counterfeit one!View attachment 2011666View attachment 2011667

I’ve dug some great old and real silver in my life, so I really appreciate a contemporary counterfeit when I find one. So enjoy, I’ve never seen or heard of one found, and this one cleaned up beautifully.
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Good hunts,

Steve

Super Cool Find!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice find, make sure you preserve it from future flaking.

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Exciting find for sure.
“ where there’s money there’s“larceny”

 

[Scrappy]

Nice find, make sure you preserve it from future flaking.

I was thinking the 50/50 Elmer’s solution to prevent flaking, like we do pewters. Thoughts?

 

[crashbandicoot]

Cool,and unique!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very nice !

 

[villagenut]

awesome. Never seen a trade dollar posted here before....until now. Counterfeit or not, a super top shelfer.

 

[oldmxrat]

Really cool piece of history, congrats!

 

[Relicific]

Very cool find

 

[lairmo]

That is awesome! My first time seeing one.

 

[Scrappy]

Super Cool Find!!! Congrats!!!!

Exciting find for sure.
“ where there’s money there’s“larceny”

Thanks Charlie. Good spot you provided as always.

 

[Scrappy]

awesome. Never seen a trade dollar posted here before....until now. Counterfeit or not, a super top shelfer.

Thanks. I hadn’t seen any either in all the years I’ve been on Tnet, so I figured those who appreciate the more obscure coinage and counterfeits would appreciate this post.

 

[Steve in PA]

Interesting find. And here I thought you had given up metal detecting for painting

 

[Loco-Digger]

Awesome find Scrappy, A trade dollar, counterfeit or not is high on my bucket list. You just don't see or hear of any being dug. Huge congrats

 

[Scrappy]

Really cool piece of history, congrats!

Yes, I very nice read for anyone interested.

Trade dollar (United States coin) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Scrappy]

That is awesome! My first time seeing one.

Thank you. Same here

 

[Scrappy]

Interesting find. And here I thought you had given up metal detecting for painting

I just post paintings now on FB. I don’t post many finds anymore but I’m out there with my crew as often as I can👍