trade dollar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trade dollar
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The trade dollar of 1873 shows Liberty wearing a diadem, seated on a bale of goods by the sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jackson declares: "The time has come to place our highest human values ahead of the trade dollar."
From Time Magazine Archive
The trade dollar was coined for the purpose of traffic in countries where silver passed at its value as ascertained by its weight and fineness.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Chester A. Arthur by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
They refused our trade dollar, notwithstanding its greater weight.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 by Boutwell, George S.
The old silver trade dollar, worn thin and smooth by years of handling and with the hole drilled through the centre of it—that was what was gone—his token, his talisman, his charm against evil fortune.
From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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