trade dollar

American  

noun

1. a silver coin of the U.S., containing slightly more silver than the standard dollar, issued from 1873 to 1885 for trade with Asia.

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Etymology

Origin of trade dollar

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

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

In place of the old dollar the trade dollar, containing 420 grains of silver, was provided for.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John

The provision that "the trade dollar shall not hereafter be a legal tender" was transferred to the joint resolution already mentioned which became a law on the 22nd of July.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John

The authority given in the bill as it finally passed for coining the so-called trade dollar, met all the demands of the silver producing states.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John