u/Porousplanchet

I don't have any coins from 1776, so one from the Centennial year will have to do.

There are three varieties of the 76-CC type 1/1, I have already posted the DDR; this one is considered the "normal" variety, or plain CC (the third one is the very wide CC). Oddly, this is the rarest with about 32 known in total (R5) per Joe Kirchgessner in his comprehensive Trade Dollar variety book. This coin was graded AU50 cleaned by ANACS. It is obviously too bright to be original but these don't come up for sale very often.

The 1798 small eagle dollars, with a mintage of 35,000 come in 2 varieties: 13 stars and 15 stars. This coin, a B-1 , shares a reverse die used to strike 1797 dated dollars. Bowers estimates 1200 to 2500 survivors in his Dollar encyclpedia. This coin has surfaces that are a little to reflective to be totally original. It resides in a 6 digit Anacs soapbar.

There are 3 main varieties of the 1876 CC type 1/1 Trade Dollar. ( type 1/1 trade dollars have, on the obverse, Liberty's hand that holds the olive branch shows 3 fingers, and the tips of the LIBERTY ribbon point to the left; on the reverse, there is a berry under the eagle's left claw). The doubled die reverse 76 CC shows doubling under the olive branch, the middle row of feather in the left wing, and under the eagle's "chin." This is a very desirable Trade Dollar variety since the doubling is so obvious. In his definitive reference on Trade Dollar varieties, Joe Kirchgessner estimates that there are about 250 examples extant. Counterfeits are common. This example was a raw eBay purchase from a reputable seller ( although not listed as the DDR). It had an old cleaning with secondary toning. The DDR is the most common of the 3 1/1 varieties. I will post the other 2 in coming days.

There is no shortage of 1876 S Trade Dollars, but when you get into the variety weeds, some are very hard to find. this well circulated one is a type 2/2 large S with maybe 50 examples known (per Joe Kirchgessner's recently published book on Trade Dollars). Raw eBay purchase.

A coin I waited for, for a long time! The conclusion of my 3 coin Pan Pac set. I love the design on both sides, and the rich gold color. PCGS MS64, CAC. (a few tics away from 65, imo)

I've always loved this design, with the working man on the obv and the twin dolphins on the rev. The green gold color on this MS65 CAC is icing on the cake.

These were issued in velvet lined cases, and undipped ones often have some nice blue-rose toning.

Just a decent 76 S (small s) type 2/2, the common die pairing. In an older ANACS holder, I'd say about AU50, but don't have the grade handy. Typical strike weakness for a trade $ on Liberty's head, the eagle's upper right wing and left leg. A nice type example for the series.

the large S mintmark is much harder to find.

I've been posting 1876 Trade Dollars, but broke the sequence because I just photographed this raw 77-S. It's the rare doubled die reverse, FS-802, with maybe 64 existing (Joe Kirchgessner's estimate in his book). The doubling is most easily seen on the upper reverse, on this worn example you can see it on the bottoms of the letters in STATES and the letters of E P U, and the upper left part of the ribbon.

I find coins like this hard to resist. A raw buy from eBay years ago, it has a great original skin. I think it's about XF 40.

The 1876 P type II/II is a rare coin with about 50 known to exist. There is a small chance that this coin is a circulated proof, since proof dies were used to make business strike coins.