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The 1877 San Francisco Mint (S) Trade Silver Dollar that was converted into a snuff box/opium holder. This piece has a functioning hinge, inner ring to lock down a photo and LIBERTY is still fully readable on the obverse. Called Opium Dollars in the trade because of the Trade Dollars connection to the Orient.
Category:
Silver Dollars
SKU: Snuff hinged box
Description
The 1877-S Trade Dollar is part of a series of Trade dollar coins struck from 1873-1885.
Struck in San Francisco, this coin is made of 90% silver; 10% copper from a mintage of 9,519,000 struck.
Obverse: 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: An eagle is centered in the design with the weight of the coin 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 is positioned below the eagle and weight text, above the "E D" of TRADE DOLLAR.
Type II reverse without the extra berry under the eagle's left (viewer's right) claw. Arrowhead ends over 2 in "420".