Show A DOLLAR FOn CHINA Inrli Kim tide II I ul 1111 to Hlap 1 Our now rarely seen trade dollar had n predecessor that few of us know anything about This dollar wa Intended In-tended for circulation In China and Japan On one side It bore than royal dragon of the Celestial empire and on the other the sixteen leaved cllran themum of the Japanese There was besides some Chinese and Japanese character on tho coin giving It decidedly de-cidedly a foreign appearance Not ono of them found Its way to tho Orient for the diplomatic representative of these countries protested against thus action of the United States government govern-ment In coining such money AI a remit re-mit all of them were melted down and the trade dollar devoid of the dragon and the floral wreath came Into general gener-al use |