Talk:Trade-dollar locket

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Did you know... that the trade-dollar locket (example pictured) has also been referred to as an opium dollar?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 00:59, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Trade dollar locket

... that the Trade dollar locket (pictured) has also been referred to as an opium dollar? Source: For many years this was called an opium dollar because it was thought that it could be used to carry a small amount of opium in ones’ pocket undetected. Because these Trade dollars were used in the Asia during the latter part of the 19th century and opium was one of the products traded with China, it was considered that the purpose of the hinged coin was to hide the drugs. and The Trade dollar locket can conceal a "dear face" which no one else can discover.
- ALT1: ... that for years it was thought that a type of locket (pictured) was used to conceal opium? Source: Same as above
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fashion psychology

Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 22:53, 11 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Trade dollar locket; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Bruxton: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:06, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Current value?

Does anyone know what the current value of these is? BMJ-pdx (talk) 01:32, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]