Définition

• The name given to a sil- ver Dollar of four hundred and twenty grains, authorized by an Act of Congress, February 12, 1873, for the purpose of stimulating commerce with the Orient and to take the place of the Mexican silver Dollar. It was first struck in 1873 and discontinued in 1878, during which period approximately thirty-six million of these coins were issued. Proofs for collectors were issued by the mint as late as 1885 ; in the last named year only a few were struck.

  By an Act dated February 19, 1887, Congress provided that for six months thereafter all Trade Dollars presented to the Treasury should be exchanged for standard Dollars, and after that date they were worth only their metal value.

  The entire history of the Trade Dollar is treated in detail by Porter Garnett, in the American Economic Review (vii. 91).

  The Japanese also issued a Trade Dollar about the same time, known in Japanese as Boeki. See Munro, Coins of Japan . 1904. (p. 213).

La source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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