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Coin Date: Trade Dollar Set Denomination (Short): Trade$ Denomination (Long): One Dollar Variety: 1873-1878 Variety 2: 17 Coins Desg: MS Mint Mark: Various Composition: 90% silver; 10% copper Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Trade dollar Coinage Years: 1873-1878 Mint Location: Various Diameter: 38.1 Fineness: 0.9 Weight (Grams): 27.22 Weight (Ounces): 0.7874 Designer: William Barber Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Lady Liberty is seated on a stone wall, facing left, with an olive branch in her extended right hand and a ribbon bearing the word LIBERTY in her resting left hand. IN GOD WE TRUST us carved into the base and her seat is otherwise adorned with a bundle of wheat. 13 stars adorn the periphery with the date at the lower middle. Type II obverse features ends of scroll pointing down; extended hand has four fingers. Reverse Description: An eagle is centered in the design with the weight of the coin listed below as "420 GRAINS. 900 FINE." The words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and TRADE DOLLAR adorn the top and bottom periphery with a ribbon stating the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM above the eagle's head. The mint mark (if any) is positioned below the eagle and weight text, above the "E D" of TRADE DOLLAR. General Notes: The business strike date and mintmart set of Trade dollars consists of 17 coins . The Trade dollar series continued until 1885 but only proof issues were struck from 1879-1885.
