Kayla08matt- FIRST of all,Welcome,to the site
you w ill find a lot of good people on hear,and some pretty good and knolageable experts in different areas;; OK now to your questions=
#1=from 1873 till 1885; the coinage was the [trade dollars and, gold dollars ,witch were the unit coin;; #2=please look on the back side of your coin and see if across the bottom,the words [ trade dollar and go to this site,and it will give you all the information you need to figure out the condition and grade of your coin, just follow each grade exp;aintion for each grade and condition ,looking at your coin as you read them ; after you do please write a post on here, and let me know both answers so that I can answer your questions; Waiting your reply;;Thanks;;; Have a great day and GOD BLESS;; F.B.E. good evening clough -F.B.E.
PS <almost forgot the site;; [ http;/www.acoin.com/grading.htm