I ended my article last week with a list of terms for the 1804 dollars. This week I will propose anew term.

Three items sold on eBay last week that got my attention. They were listed under the title of"1804 UNITED STATES LIBERTY TRADE DOLLAR RARE SILVER COIN." The threelistings used the same photos and same PCGS certification numbers. The PCGS type number isnot valid. The serial number was assigned to an MS-69 Silver Eagle.

Two of these sold on October 8 with the third selling on October 9. Each sold for $9.99 which isprobably a fair price considering the cost of production in China. If it was silver, the melt valuewould be around $45.

The stated grade of MS70+ makes a mockery of American grading standards and the piece is inviolation of the 1973 Hobby Protection Act. I am going to call it a "Parody" 1804 dollar. No oneshould take the coin or holder seriously.

I am amused by the "thumbs-up" symbol over the QR code on the reverse. This should reassure aprospective buyer that they are getting a genuine illegal copy of a restrike of a fantasy in a fakeslab.

Over the past two weeks I have looked at hundreds of images of 1804 dollar replicas. I amworking to make a photo gallery showing known examples. This past weekend I dug deeper intothe unmarked copies that are in violation of the 1973 Hobby Protection Act. What I found are notcopies produced before the act but rather examples being currently offered.

I will refer to the seller of the MS70+ dollars as "Chinese eBay seller A." In the last three monthshe has sold about twenty unmarked replicas on eBay. Fourteen of these are the same die varietybut I did not immediately note they are from the same seller because he used different photos.Most of these sold for $2.99 and $3.99. That variety has two noticeable cut marks on the shield.Initially I thought these were all copies of one coin. I now believe that marks are in the die andappear on many copies including those sold in the MS70+ holders.

The shield with cuts appears on four reverse dies. One is mated with three different obverse dies.The other three appear with different obverses. This probably says something about the wayChinese dies are made, but I am not an expert in this area.

Chinese eBay seller A has no current listings for 1804 dollars. Enter Chinese eBay seller B withan 1804 dollar currently listed. The photo is the exact same photo used by Seller A for coins soldAugust 29 and September 15. I wonder if this is the same seller using a different name or anotherseller borrowing the image to sell a coin they don"t have.

This piece is the only unmarked copy of an 1804 dollar offered on eBay on October 14, 2025.The listing was posted on September 12, 2025.

While seller A has no current listing for an 1804 dollar, they do have a "1951 UNITED STATESLIBERTY TRADE DOLLAR RARE SILVER COIN." The photo shows a 1951 Franklin Half.They have many other listings for what appear to be Chinese unmarked counterfeits sold belowmelt.

I will also mention Chinese eBay seller C who sold an 1804 dollar on August 4 for $.99. Thelisting uses the same exact title as seller A. The photo has a similar format but is a different coin.

In addition to the unmarked copies, I found an offering that appeared to have the word "COPY"printed in black on the photograph. It did not appear to me impressed in the coin. The ads areoften deceptive using photos of coins other than what will be delivered and may have falsedescriptions for size and weight.

While it is easy to pick on Chinese eBay offers, there are at least two domestic mail order firmsoffering the same unmarked replicas for less than twenty dollars. I won"t name them.

I am attempting to identify die varieties for the unmarked 1804 dollar replicas. So far I canidentify eleven different obverses with nine different Class III reverses. In contrast, I only foundone copy with a Class I reverse.

I approached this with the idea that unmarked replicas had been produced prior to 1973. It nowappears that they are all recent products produced in China. They are sold openly by dealers inthis country.

I also found thirty-two different examples of marked copies of 1804 dollars. These are in theform of replicas, fantasies, one-ounce rounds, two-ounce rounds and novelties. There is an activemarket for legal copies as well as illegal copies.

I am not looking into the historical background of counterfeit 1804 dollars. My remarksrepresent a moment in time and just report on what I found available in early October 2025.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
1804 DOLLAR STORIES(https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n40a14.html)
1804 DOLLAR FAKES AND REPLICAS(https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n41a17.html)
1804 DOLLAR OFFERED ON EBAY(https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n41a18.html)