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It was also common for silver coins of various countries to circulate thru the Orient -- with chop marks used to affirm that they were deemed by their various owners to be legitimate and not counterfeits. Often these coins would be so marked up that it was difficult to figure out what denomination they were.
Interestingly enough, although the Trade Dollar was intended for Far Eastern trade, many were circulated in the US where eventually there was a glut of them. So much so that it was not unusual for unscrupulous employers to pay their workers in Trade Dollars whose face value was worth only 85 cents at the time.