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Obverse of the United States trade dollar

The trade dollar was a United States dollar coin minted to compete with other
large silver coins that were already popular in East Asia. The idea first came
about in the 1860s, when the price of silver began to decline due to increased
mining efforts in the western United States. The Coinage Act of 1873 made trade
dollars legal tender up to five dollars. The coins were first struck in 1873,
and most of the production was sent to China. Eventually, bullion producers
began converting large amounts of silver into trade dollars, causing the coins
to make their way into American commercial channels. This frustrated payees, as
the coins were traded for less than one dollar each. In response to their wide
distribution in US commerce, the coins were officially demonetized in 1876, but
continued to circulate. Production of business strikes ended in 1878, though the
mintage of proof coins continued until 1883. The trade dollar was remonetized
when the Coinage Act of 1965 was signed into law. (Full article...)

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The large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) is a species of damselfly
belonging to the family Coenagrionidae. Found mainly in Europe, with some
populations also in northern Africa and western Asia, it inhabits small ponds,
lakes and dikes, and occasionally slow-moving rivers. Large red damselflies have
black legs and wing spots in both sexes, and can reach a body length of 33 to 36
millimetres (1.3 to 1.4 in). They are often the first damselflies to emerge in
the spring, usually in April or May, and adults can be found until September in
some localities. This female large red damselfly was photographed on Cumnor Hill
in Oxfordshire, England. It is of the form fulvipes, one of three colour forms
for the species.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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