From 1873-seventy five, all trade dollars shared a typical obverse design and style. The ribbon with "LIBERTY" on it has its tips pointing to your remaining. Also, the hand Keeping the branch has 3 fingers obvious, a small depth generally unachievable to discover in images. illustration:

Notes truly worth $5 or more even have a security thread in them that displays up less than a UV mild and they may have a watermark that you should be able to see in case you keep them as much as The sunshine. The very first picture here is of one of the lousy not-PCGS slabbed illustrations from