1878 Trade Dollar
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Struck in .900 fine silver to take on the Mexican peso and the Spanish dollar in Asia. Meant for export only, many came home when silver prices fell.
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The 1878 Trade Dollar
The United States minted trade dollars from 1873 to 1885, in .900 fine silver, to take on the Mexican peso and the Spanish dollar in Asia. They were meant for export only. When silver prices fell, many came flooding back home.
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Gold in These Hills
Gold Coins Struck Just Down the Road
In 1831, the Bechtler family began striking gold coins in Rutherfordton for the miners working these hills. Their gold dollars came out well before the U.S. Mint made its first, in 1849.
What You'll Find
Buy, Sell, and Trade
- Silver
- Silver Eagles; Morgan, Peace, and Ike dollars; 90% and 40% silver half dollars; Mercury dimes; bars, including 5 oz, hand-poured, and Geiger; and Mexican silver, from 8 Reales to Libertads.
- Gold
- 1/10 oz gold eagles, Indian Head gold, gold bars, and gold nuggets.
- Platinum
- 1/10 oz platinum coins.
- For Collectors
- Proof and mint sets, Lincoln cent collections, and rare early cents.
- Currency
- Old paper money, including silver certificates.
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Marion, NC 28752
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1910 $2½ Indian Head Gold
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Graded AU 58 by NGC. The design is sunk into the coin instead of raised, a look found only on the Indian Head $2½ and $5 gold pieces.
1921-D Morgan Dollar
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Graded MS67 by PCI, with rainbow toning. 1921 was the only year the Denver Mint struck Morgan dollars.
1 oz Gold Bar, Rand Refinery
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999.9 fine gold, sealed in its Rand Refinery card.
2015 Blue Ridge Parkway, 5 oz Silver
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North Carolina's coin in the America the Beautiful series: five ounces of .999 fine silver, with the Blue Ridge Parkway on its face.
1795 Large Cent
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Struck while George Washington was president, with about 500,000 made that year. Large cents were nearly the size of a half dollar.
1986 Gold Eagle, 1/10 oz
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From the first year of the American Gold Eagle.
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2026 Silver Eagle, MS 70
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Early Releases, graded MS 70 by NGC, the top of the scale.
2009 Lincoln Cent Collection
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All four Bicentennial designs in a cherry wood case: Log Cabin, Formative Years, Professional Life, and Presidency.
Mexican 8 Reales
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The coin behind the old "piece of eight." Spanish and Mexican silver like this passed as legal money in the United States until 1857.
1899 $1 Silver Certificate
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The note collectors call the Black Eagle, with its wings spread over Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.