Trade Dollars Chop Mark Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes (1873-1878)
Number of
Required Items
37
Required Items
Current Finest
Possible Set Rating
57.377
Possible Set Rating
Trade dollars were first issued in 1873 to compete with the Mexican peso in trade in the Orient. Regular silver dollars were not accepted because they were underweight relative to the peso. In some cases the entire mintage of a Trade dollar date was sent to China or other Far East ports. The merchant could be identified by his or her particular chop mark which was usually a Chinese character punched into the coin. Some Trade dollars were chopped dozens of times, while others were only chopped once or twice. Still others, of course, received no chop marks whatsoever.
Notes: This set is a work in progress. As new varieties are graded, they may be added to the set.
All-Time Finest (All Eras)
| Rank | Set Name | % Complete | GPA Weighted | GPA with Top Pop Bonuses |
Set Rating | User | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lermish's Chopped Trade Dollar Complete Variety Set 2025 | 97.30% | 44.51 | 45.22 | 41.60 | ||
| 2 | Black Cat - Trade Dollars Chop Mark Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes (1873-1878) | 78.38% | 52.88 | 53.41 | 40.29 | ||
| 3 | DDR Chopmarked Varieties | 56.76% | 50.70 | 51.21 | 27.51 | ||
| 4 | PCGS Trade Dollar Variety Set | 67.57% | 33.88 | 33.88 | 19.17 | ||
| 5 | Sky’s Trade Varieties | 2.70% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 00.01 |
Current Finest
| Rank | Set Name | % Complete | GPA Weighted | GPA with Top Pop Bonuses |
Set Rating | User | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lermish's Chopped Trade Dollar Complete Variety Set 2025 | 97.30% | 44.51 | 45.22 | 41.60 | ||
| 2 | Black Cat - Trade Dollars Chop Mark Complete Variety Set, Circulation Strikes (1873-1878) | 78.38% | 52.88 | 53.41 | 40.29 | ||
| 3 | DDR Chopmarked Varieties | 56.76% | 50.70 | 51.21 | 27.51 | ||
| 4 | PCGS Trade Dollar Variety Set | 67.57% | 33.88 | 33.88 | 19.17 | ||
| 5 | Sky’s Trade Varieties | 2.70% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 00.01 |