America's Trade Dollars

If you are not a coin collector, you may never have seen or even heard of Trade Dollars. What is most interesting about them is that they were produced to be used in China, not in the United States. As usual, the story includes greed and politics.


https://medium.com/collectibles-history-knowledge/americas-trade-dollars-3ddd31f53d3?sk=cbf9a9c0905f0115c6988ec548c44f28



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