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1877 Trade Dollar - Brunk L-453, R.I. Lomas

Strike Type
1877 (P) Dollar coin

Coin Details

Year
1877
Denomination
Dollar
Mint Mark
P
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
Trade Dollars 1873-1885
Designer
William Barber
Mintage (whole issue)
3,039,200
Composition
90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight
27.22g
Diameter
38.1mm
Edge
Reeded

Description

This 1877 Trade Dollar bears a merchant counterstamp attributed to R.I. Lomas, cataloged as Brunk L-453. Counterstamps were applied to circulating coins by merchants, silversmiths, and tradesmen as a form of portable advertising. The host coin is an 1877 Philadelphia trade dollar. The host issue had a mintage of 3,039,200. Cataloged as PCGS #545360. Counterstamps like this one are catalogued in Gregory G. Brunk's "American and Canadian Countermarked Coins."

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