tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493756309813138872024-03-06T02:52:09.079+08:00Trade Dollar World Coins CollectionNumismatic coins blog. Rare silver trade dollar from British, French Indochina, United States, Mexico, Japan Meiji, Straits Settlements.btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-66030689026728859202013-09-12T20:33:00.002+08:002013-09-12T20:33:24.854+08:00Recent British Trade Dollar 1896B Bidding price<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1896B British Trade Dollar closed for bidding at massive USD 4250.58!!!<br />
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I personally think this is a joybidder...<br />
Even though 1896 is a rare year and it is one of the most difficult years to find on the market, the closing price is way too high for a unslabbed coin.<br />
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The third bidder with a price of USD 1650.00 though is more reflective of what price a real intended buyer willing to pay for this coin.<br />
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USD 1650 for this 1896B is a very good price indeed for the seller.<br />
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-30787752640871506072013-08-06T07:56:00.002+08:002013-08-06T07:56:11.072+08:00PCGS 1930B British Trade Dollar Graded MS 64 and MS 65This coin was closed at USD 376 at ebay open bidding.<br />
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Superb details and nice luster.<br />
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Generally 1930 British trade dollars has quite a number of coins in high grades.<br />
Hence the price is also relatively lower compared to other scarcer years.<br />
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Nevertheless, the truly high grade 1930B which is graded to MS65.<br />
The price can be double of that of MS64.<br />
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This MS65 coin, was sold for USD 990 in ebay buy it now.</div>
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There is 11 coins graded PCGS MS65 from the census</div>
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Unfortunately the seller did not put a nice picture for the coin.</div>
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Please <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/cert/" target="_blank">click this link to go to PCGS cert verification site</a> to look at the proper picture.</div>
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Enter "17235487" to look up for this coin.</div>
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-6353233770883683222013-08-05T23:34:00.000+08:002013-08-05T23:35:19.715+08:00PCGS 1929B British Trade Dollar MS 64This particular coin closed from, ebay open bidding at USD 462<br />
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Nice coin, light tone, great luster.<br />
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-30687708528810755592013-08-05T23:32:00.001+08:002013-08-05T23:32:05.440+08:00PCGS British Trade Dollar Graded MS64+This coin is closed at USD565 from ebay open bidding.<br />
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This coin was toned rather significantly.<br />
However it still received a very high grade from PCGS.<br />
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The price justify the grading, but i feel it is not justified for eye appeal.<br />
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Nevertheless, after seeing the price closed at sales and the grading....<br />
.... ARE YOU GOING TO CLEAN YOUR COIN?btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-70139886737443944582013-08-05T23:28:00.001+08:002013-08-06T07:57:22.594+08:00Recent PCGS graded British Trade Dollar Prices in Ebay.During the past 1 month, there were a number of slabbed British Trade Dollars on EBAY.<br />
These coins are graded by PCGS and given a very high grades of MS 64 - MS65.<br />
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The pricing of these coins are summarized in the table below:<br />
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<li><a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/08/pcgs-british-trade-dollar-graded-ms64.html" target="_blank">PCGS 1908 B British Trade Dollar MS64+, closed at USD 565 from open bidding.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/08/pcgs-1929b-british-trade-dollar-ms-64.html" target="_blank">PCGS 1929 B British Trade Dollar MS64 , closed at USD 462 from open bidding.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/08http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/08/pcgs-1930b-british-trade-dollar-graded.html/pcgs-1930b-british-trade-dollar-graded.html" target="_blank">PCGS 1930 B British TRade Dollar MS64, closed at USD 376 from open bidding.</a></li>
<li>PCGS 1900 B British Trade Dollar MS64, closed at USD 710 from open bidding</li>
<li>PCGS 1897 B British Trade Dollar MS 64, closed at USD 710 from open bidding</li>
<li>PCGS 1925 British Trade Dollar MS64, closed at USD 488 from open bidding.</li>
<li>PCGS 1899 B British Trade Dollar MS 64, closed at USD 482 from open bidding</li>
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There were two PCGS graded MS 65 British trade dollar sold as well:</div>
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<li>PCGS 1930 B British Trade Dollar MS 65, sold at buy it now USD 990.</li>
<li>PCGS 1929 B British Trade Dollar MS 65, sold at buy it now USD 990.</li>
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A piece of super nice, one of the highest graded PCGS Britis Trade Dollar</div>
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<li>PCGS 1929 B British trade dollar graded MS65 +, closed at USD 1452.00 from open bidding</li>
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A piece of rare over dates</div>
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<li>PCGS 1929/1 MS63+, closed at USD 1175.00 from open bidding</li>
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I shall create link for all these coins pictures shortly.</div>
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<i>Disclaimer: The pictures were taken from ebay and for sharing purpose only. If the respectful owner feels impropriate to share, pls drop me a comment line.</i></div>
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<i>Key points that i learned from studing the price pattern is as follows:</i></div>
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<li>Never clean your coin! PCGS and NGC likes natural coins, some of these coins are toned quite significantly but yet given a superb gradings. Once cleaned, you will only get UNC details which worth significantly lesser.</li>
<li>The denote + sign from PCGS also translate into more higher price for that particular coin.</li>
<li>From MS 64 to MS 65 grades, the price is almost double for the 1 grade higher coin.</li>
<li>The overdate coins rarely given a numerical MS grading. they usually get the details grading. Hence the 1929/1 is a rare coins.</li>
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btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-18588488348176807002013-07-17T19:27:00.001+08:002013-07-17T19:28:34.873+08:00British Trade dollar Year 1908 ( 3 variants exists)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are 3 variants for British Trade Dollar year 1908<br />
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<b><u>Variant 1: British trade dollar 1908 Bombay mint</u></b><br />
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This is the commoner type from Bombay Mint<br />
Recorded mintage of 6,870,741 makes this coin a common year coin<br />
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However, the B on the prong is not a clear B.<br />
Some quarters has over the years argued that the unclear B coin<br />
raises the suspicion that this is a restruck coin by Chinese using 0.900 silver over the same period<br />
Real Great Britain Bombay Mint trade dollar has a perfect B inscription.<br />
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<b><u>Variant 2: 1908 over 07 Overdates British Trade Dollar</u></b><br />
The overdate variant is of unknown quantity.<br />
This is a scarcer dates to find<br />
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It is not that difficult to spot the overdate as the tail of 7 will stand out below the 8 circle.<br />
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<b><u>Variant 3: British Trade Dollar 1908 over 03 Over date</u></b><br />
Another piece of scarce overdate.<br />
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This overdate is more difficult to spot as the crafted 8 on 3 matches considerably.<br />
I personally have problem identify the overdates for this coin.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 8 and 3 can matches considerably</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is from another piece, i wondered if this is an overdate</td></tr>
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-19767186203155420012013-06-13T15:57:00.000+08:002013-06-13T16:00:13.041+08:00Straits Settlements Dollar Year 1904 (4 Die Variety at the Year Inscription)This blog post was created out of my curiosity.<br />
Recently a prominent retailer put up a whole lots of 1904 Straits Settlements Dollar on internet site. (a total of >10 coins) and i made the survey to see through if i can find the date variety as stated in catalogue.<br />
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Year 1904 Straits Settlements Dollar has total mintage of over 20 millions copies.<br />
4 varieties in the date inscription is known to date.<br />
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This is my amateur attempt to describe the difference via pictorial.<br />
(i apologize for the slight rotated pics as the initial loaded pics were rotated as well.)<br />
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<b><u>Variety One: Close 4 in date variety</u></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1. The gap between <0 and 4> is closer than <9 and 0><br />
2. The height of 4 is parallel with 0</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety Two: Close high 4 in date variety</u></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1. The gap is closer as the first variety example<br />
2. The height of 4 is higher than 0</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety Three : Very close 4 in date variety</u></b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2whHPv1nlV-XxkGCrgUOyCMYrpt07NAq5g1GLFTMXjY2KKEg-TEwYycpBHB2cUf-1FDYe49XYsp3cztqFyn8B5DZz-VBYXOks-BOYSfJIzhfb4UzbQI8kISR0J5xPegI9uxSggNDs_raj/s1600/cery+close+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2whHPv1nlV-XxkGCrgUOyCMYrpt07NAq5g1GLFTMXjY2KKEg-TEwYycpBHB2cUf-1FDYe49XYsp3cztqFyn8B5DZz-VBYXOks-BOYSfJIzhfb4UzbQI8kISR0J5xPegI9uxSggNDs_raj/s640/cery+close+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gap between the <0 and 4> is even smaller if compared with close 4 varieties above</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety Four: Wide High 4 in date variety</u></b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsP1yt5ZOv5czxDeepytrmrxu96RU3ir6xIfY0N-4jYt33WqS8No9iXQen6hyrASwngx9jj6DnsaUozmO1_WhNklRzhgFDCjMEHq2idbfjuxQBOSQJxzfDhraG_KNMbPa9jFUgjQ8QWcm/s1600/wide+high+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsP1yt5ZOv5czxDeepytrmrxu96RU3ir6xIfY0N-4jYt33WqS8No9iXQen6hyrASwngx9jj6DnsaUozmO1_WhNklRzhgFDCjMEHq2idbfjuxQBOSQJxzfDhraG_KNMbPa9jFUgjQ8QWcm/s640/wide+high+4.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1. The <0 and 4> gap is wider compared to the above 3 varieties. (almost same space like the <9 and 0> gap)<br />
2. The 4 is higher than the 0<br />
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As i stated in the mintage table, not many collectors take note of the varieties here.<br />
However if you have a huge collections for 1904 Straits Dollars, why not search and see if you have all those in your collections.<br />
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-58245160254575837432013-06-11T07:30:00.003+08:002013-06-11T07:32:09.164+08:00A High Grade MS65 British Trade Dollar Year 1902 !!??!!This listing was found on ebay.<br />
<a href="http://www.ebay.com.my/itm/1902-UK-trade-dollar-NGC-MS65-/321135919346?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item4ac53140f2&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_923">http://www.ebay.com.my/itm/1902-UK-trade-dollar-NGC-MS65-/321135919346?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item4ac53140f2&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_923</a> (when link broken means listing has ended)<br />
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It is a NGC graded MS65 British trade dollar.<br />
It is verifyable at NGC coin verification site.<br />
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The price quote is standard price for a MS65 coins.<br />
Though NGC must have their reasons for giving a MS65 grade.<br />
Would you be buying this coin??<br />
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It may be a MS65 coins, but personally i think the coin is lacking the eye appeals.<br />
I would rather keep a nice lusters coin then this "superbly toned coin."<br />
Nevertheless, i admit that I do have personal liking to a coloured and rainbow toned coin, but not of this type.<br />
This remains a personal opinion.<br />
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What you think??<br />
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-6140684189334542842013-06-10T12:48:00.005+08:002013-06-11T07:43:39.534+08:00British Trade Dollars as ornamental beltHave you ever wondered how come there is a little hook attached to some of these silver coins ?<br />
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They are mostly for ornamental purpose.<br />
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In the land of Borneo Island, the traditional tribes there likes to use these big silver coins as belt. It is used in their traditional dance.<br />
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A fine example is like this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note of thanks to Mr BK Lau for use of this image.</td></tr>
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In the example above, the hook is at the sides --> joined into a belt.<br />
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In the example below, the hook is attached at 12 o clock; this type is usually attached to a chain for use as pendent.<br />
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And... How about this piece: An original nice pendent.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Special thanks to Mr Bk Lau (used with consent)<br />
<a href="http://www.ebay.com.my/itm/British-Trade-Dollar-Pendant-/251288156020?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_207&hash=item3a81f0f774&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_1156">http://www.ebay.com.my/itm/British-Trade-Dollar-Pendant-/251288156020?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_207&hash=item3a81f0f774&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_1156</a></td></tr>
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-42964751636495085382013-06-07T18:56:00.000+08:002013-06-07T19:27:40.154+08:00The Origins of Straits Settlements Dollar (Part 1 of 3)Violent fluctuation of gold and silver between 1893 to 1896 has raised the necessity to stabilize the value of local dollar (British Trade Dollar) at that time. From 1895-1903, British trade dollar is accepted as the standard silver dollar in Straits settlements as stipulated in the <a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/06/british-empire-ordinance-year-1895-on.html" target="_blank">Ordinance 1895</a>.<br />
<img height="448" id="irc_mi" src="http://goldsilverworlds.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/silver_price_chart_200_years_1800-2012.gif" style="margin-top: 0px;" width="640" /><br />
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A committee was appointed by Singapore Chamber of Commerce to enquire
into local currency and question of a Gold Standard. The committee
however did not enforce any change due to criticism from the Federated
Malay States, which was formed in 1895.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The evolution of Malaysia. Source: Wikipedia.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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As silver price continue to fall, on 1902, a commission was appointed to consider changing from a Silver Standard to Gold Standard, with the objective of stabilizing the rate of exchange of the silver dollar in London.<br />
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The commission noticed that there are <u>NO STANDARD COIN peculiar to the Colony and the neighboring Malay States</u>. Hence, the commission made the following recommendations:<br />
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<li><b>A straits settlements dollar should be introduced of the same weight and fineness as the existing British trade dollar</b></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"><b>British, Mexican and other dollars should be demonetized as soon as adequate supply of the new coins was available.</b></span></li>
<li>Coinage of the new dollar should cease as soon as sufficient supply was in circulation and its exchange value had reached the value in relation to the gold sovereign that should be settled as the future value of the straits dollar.</li>
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The report was made on 17th May 1903, and immediate actions was taken to carry out the recommendations concerning the issue of a straits settlements dollar and eventual plan of bringing the colony to a gold standard.<br />
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This marked the birth of the straits settlements dollar. Between 1903 and 1904, a total of 35 million new straits settlements dollars were minted. (<a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/p/straits-settlements-dollars.html" target="_blank">Refer mintage table page above</a>)<br />
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<u><b>With regards to the British Trade Dollar</b></u><br />
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<li><b>It ceased to be the silver dollar for straits settlements and British Malay colonies from 1903 onwards.</b></li>
<li><b>It essentially became the Hong Kong trade dollar only from then onwards.</b></li>
<li><b>It also explains the low mintage of <a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/06/british-trade-dollar-year-1904-rare-and.html" target="_blank">1904 British Trade Dollars</a> of only 690,000 + as the Bombay mint capacity is now focused on minting the new straits settlements dollars </b></li>
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End of part 1.... Continue part 2(specifications of Straits settlements dollars)btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-194377955265791982013-06-07T07:30:00.001+08:002013-06-07T18:28:18.389+08:00British Trade Dollar Year 1907 (A Scarce Year and a few known 1907/7B)British trade dollar 1907 is a straight forward year.<br />
It has a total mintage of <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">1,945,726.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This relative low mintage amount makes this a better date / scarce date coin.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">It has only two variant - 1907B and 1907/7 B (retooled die according to NGC)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><u>Variety 1 - British Trade Dollar 1907B</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Minted by Bombay Mint.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">I was quite lucky to have collected few nice pieces of 1907B BTD.</span><br />
They are among the best coins in the collection.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice details overall.<br />
Most UNC normal regular strike silver coins will have grainy surfaces<br />
One way to differentiate these remnants is original or bagmark / surface hairlines is looking at this grains to see if it is incused or raised. (Raised = from the mint, Incused = bagmark / hairlines)</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety 2 - relatively unknown 1907/7B British trade Dollar</u></b><br />
If you go to the British trade dollar mintage table, the lower section table from NGC.<br />
There is a variety from 1907/7B British Trade Dollar<br />
It is most likely a retooled die.<br />
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It came up in Mavin auction in Singapore earlier this year (2013). NGC graded.<br />
This picture is taken from Live auctioner covering the auction.<br />
I do not have this coin yet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is quite difficult to see the 7 retooled from this pic though.<br />
However a closer examination from NGC pics, showed that the upper bridge of the 7 seems to be broken on the beginning part to the left.<br />
Compare with the sample above, the "7"upper bridge in this retooled coin is shorter than the normal one.<br />
And the normal 7 has a little curve at the head, the retooled one seems to have lost that curve at the beginning.</td></tr>
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-16454219570727849722013-06-04T21:06:00.000+08:002013-06-04T21:10:35.826+08:00British Trade Dollar Year 1904 (Rare and Unique Years with Multiple Variants)British trade dollar for year 1904 across the all varieties are RARE.<br />
It has a combined mintage of only <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">648,847 pieces.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Its rarity makes this coin the either 4th or 5th most expensive trade dollar year to own.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">It existed in 4 different varieties.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">One normal BTD and 3 are overdates varieties.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">And all are from Bombay Mint, hence the B mint mark can be seen at the center of the prong.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><u>Variety One: Normal British Trade Dollar 1904 B</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This is the normal variety.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This coin is NGC certified XF details.<br />
Higher grade coins then this can be very expensiove due to its rarity</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><u>Variety Two: British Trade Dollar 1904 over 3 B</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This Variety has the "4" struck over the "3" and can be seen at the 4th digit.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">It is retooled from the 1903 die. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This variety is rare.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is also NGC graded XF details 1904/03B overdate.<br />
This coin overdate "3" shadow can still be seen very clearly on the shadow</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><u>Variety Three: British Trade Dollar 1904 over 0 B</u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This variety has the "4" struck over the "0" </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This is retooled from a 1900 die</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">My copy showed the "0" very faintly and can easily miss.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This variety is even rarer.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is 1904/0 B However, the 0 can only be faintly seen.<br />
There are only a little bit of remnants left.<br />
This is among my collections that needs upgrading to clearer overdate sample piece.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><u>Variety Four: British Trade Dollar 1904 over "898" B</u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This is the most unique of all the 4 variants.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">It is retooled from a old year 1898 die.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Hence due to the cross of a century. It resulted in an overdate over 3 digits.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This variety is extremely rare.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is NGC graded AU details 1904/898B<br />
The AU grading is quite generous by NGC<br />
8 is seen behind the 9 and 4<br />
The 9 tail can be seen sticking out from the 0</td></tr>
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In 1894, one year later, The Hong kong Chamber of Coomerce brought up this matter again due to the scarcity of Mexican dollars which has threathened the British trading in the east. It received widespread support from the bankers and others with commercial relations with the Straits Settlements, Hong Kong and including chamber of commerce in London.<br />
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Hence by Order in Council dated 2nd February 1895, a new coinned British Trade Dollar became legal tender in Hong Kong, Straits Settlements and Labuan. The opportunity was also taken to review the existing laws regulating the coinages of these british colonies.<br />
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By the same Order in Council, also dated 2nd February 1895, all previous monetary laws of the Straits Settlements were repealed and new regulations introduced.<br />
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The essences in the Ordinance are:<br />
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<b><u>1. Mexican Dollar still remained the standard coin for trading</u></b><br />
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3. The new order <b><u>omitted the United States trade dollar</u></b>, which was previously sanctioned by the Governor's regulation of 1874. Minting of the US trade dollar had ceased on 19th February 1887, and by this time 1895, it is rarely seen in Far East.<br />
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Coins and Coinages of the Straits Settlements and British Malaya 1786 to 1951 by Major F. Pridmore, pg 46-47Spink & Son LTD, London 1968.btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-54922519491829783212013-06-02T09:17:00.001+08:002013-06-02T09:17:34.540+08:00British Empire Ordinance Year 1895 on Silver Dollars and Its implications (PART 2)<b><u>The Full article on Order of Her Majesty Queen in Council of 2nd February 1895</u></b><br />
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Coins and Coinages of the Straits Settlements and British Malaya 1786 to 1951 by Major F. Pridmore, Appendix XXIV; Spink & Son LTD, London 1968.btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-90692312812791273852013-06-01T16:12:00.001+08:002013-06-01T16:32:11.139+08:00The History of Trade Dollars in late 1800 and the Birth of British Trade Dollars<span style="color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><b><u>Trading in the Late 1800 to Early 1900</u></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">The silver British Dollar (commonly called the trade dollar) was born out of commercial necessity. It was issued at a time when the burgeoning trade in the East needed a medium of payment.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">At the end of the 19th centuries, an over-production of silver caused an upset in the goldsilver ratio, an extremely serious situation because many countries in the East used silver to back their currencies. As the price of silver plummeted the shortage of minted dollars became worse. Moreover, it became evident that trade was being dislocated as a result.</span><br />
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It is therefore spawned the problem of finding a suitable currency for the heightened commercial activities. It began to occupy the urgent attention of local authorities who were urged on by merchants-particularly those in the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong- who began sending petition after petition for the introduction of an acceptable coin that would circulate easily in the silver-using countries of the East.It the end, to overcome the real threat of a currency famine, the British government, on the suggestion of the Colonial Currency Committee, approved the minting of a special British dollar for use in the Eastern trade.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">In concept and purpose the British dollar-which came in only one denomination-was exactly the same as the Portcullis money of the early 1600s and was even issued by the same authority, i.e. the Royal Prerogative of the English sovereign.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">The coins was grain-edged, had a diameter of 39 cm and was struck in 26.95 grams (416 grains) of 0.900 fine silver. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">The dies were prepared by London Royal Mint engraver G W De Saulles. Three mints participated in the minting of the coins - the Indian Government Mints at Bombay and Calcutta as well as the Royal Mint in London.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">But unlike the coinage of the realm, the dollar was not given a fixed sterling value; its value fluctuated according to the prices of silver at any given date.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">The British dollar was declared legal tender on February 2, 1895 by an Order of Council in the Straits Settlements, Hong Kong and Labuan (off the north-west coast of British North Borneo). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Although it was minted till 1935, the British dollar was quite quickly demonetised, fist in the Straits Settlements in 1904 and then in Labuan in 1905. But it continued to remain as legal tender in Hong Kong until 1937, at the outbreak of the second Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">After that it lost its legal circulation status and was merchandised. Anyway, the coins struck in 1934 and 1935 were generally not released for circulation.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Original Source : Coin Digest.Ng L.K. Ewe.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman Times', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Modified with approval from Mr Dickson at </span><a href="http://dniewcollectors.blogspot.com/2011/10/british-dollar-in-east.html">http://dniewcollectors.blogspot.com</a></div>
btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-34549812427329163142013-05-29T10:37:00.002+08:002013-05-29T13:42:14.413+08:00New Trend of Collection habits among Collectors.A bit of deviatrion form the trade dollars to discuss on market place...<br />
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NGC and PCGS coin grading have been around for decades. In the old days, usually only better grades and rarer coins are being slabbed for authentification purpose and also for preservation.I would say it all started with the mania on China Silver coins in the past 2-3 years, where authentification is the prime concern at that time. Many sellers have problems letting go their unslabbed coins and have to settle for a lower dealing price for such coins. From there, the demand for slabbing service picks up locally.<br />
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As a result of that a few dealers have started having runners sending coins for slabbing to Singapore (Mavin or Monetorium) or Hong Kong (PCGS) for grading service and a new chapter of events unfolds.<br />
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An overview of a grading process can be read at my friend and sifu blog post at: <a href="http://blog.slcollectors.com/slabbing-coins-with-ngc-and-overall-charges/" target="_blank">Slabbing Coins with NGC</a><br />
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The new chapter of events unfolding locally are:<br />
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For new generation of collectors who are more affluent, they prefer these slabbed coins. They are less burdened by preserving the coins and they are willing to pay a price for the authentification process. It is in opinion that these coins are easier to sell later on, be it over the coin dealers or internet base platform like ebay, facebook etc.<br />
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For more senior coin collectors who have been collecting for many many years, they started to realized that these coins may deteriorate, and over the years some of their collections have become scarce. As such, slabbing these coin is cost effective and a reasonable thing to do. For example, they may have bought some coins for RM 80. But now the price has risen say to RM 600 in the catalogue. By slabbing the coin, it may added a cost of RM200 per coin in the process; but they will be able to sell it easier at the catalogue price of RM600. There will be a lot of argument if these coins are not slabbed, and they may only be able to sell it around RM 400-500 after bargaining process.<br />
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A walk in Times Square KL yesterday, I also find lots of new dealers coming into the market. A simple chat with them also revealed their preference for dealing with slabbed coins. To them, it save them the hassles of arguing the grading process with the prospective customers. In addition, the beautifully high grade slabbed coins also added prestige to their newly started shops - be it in presence, or virtually on the internet.<br />
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These sellers are extremely friendly and helpful, do visit them if you drop by in Kuala Lumpur. However, over weekends, they are still stationed in Amcorp Mall.<br />
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As for you and I...<br />
Are we going to send our coins for slabbing?<br />
Are we going to buy these slabbed coins at higher price?<br />
Are you going to be like some collectors who are only after MS 65-67 coins or you wound settle for MS 62-64 like most seasoned collectors??<br />
What are you going to do with the AU details, UNC details coins - sell them as fast as possible like the MS maniacs, or have the comfort of saying "they are genuine coins, so it is fine" ??<br />
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What are you saying on this???<br />
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My take it...<br />
We must have the knowledge to deal with these scenarios and coin.<br />
It is the knowledge that will prevent us from buying an overpriced coin.<br />
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The old saying from a property investor still hold true... if you are buying for investment<br />
"You make the profit at the point of buying, not when you sell"<br />
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-15044081943249306342013-05-28T12:43:00.003+08:002013-05-28T12:50:55.110+08:00British Trade Dollar Year 1903 - 2 variants with interesting overdates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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British trade dollar 1903 has 2 variants. </div>
It is only minted from the bombay <u>mint.</u><br />
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Therefore it has only the 1903B mint mark coins.</div>
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The other variant is the overdate of 1903/02</div>
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It recorded a total mintage of <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">3,955,647.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">This makes this coin a scarcer coin</span></div>
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<u>Variant 1 : British Trade Dollar 1903 B</u></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This coin is puporsely chosen for display. The usual B mint mark at the prong.<br />
However the mirror like surface with a normal luster is not usual.<br />
This is a cleaned coin -- where the luster is lost<br />
But the high grade details are preserved but it just not natural.<br />
My camera has difficulty focus it sharp due to the reflection</td></tr>
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<u>Variant 2: The Overdate 1903 over 02 B</u></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some 1903 can easily mistaken as overdates.<br />
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btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-15529005537101201222013-05-28T12:08:00.004+08:002013-05-28T12:49:02.934+08:00Tradedollar.blogspot.com with pictures updatedMany coin collectors have their own blogs and they have been doing this for years. Two of my best friends has advised me to shrink the pictures for faster page view time. He also advised and recommended me on taking better pictures in terms of the lighting.<br />
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Therefore, an endeavor has undertaken to update the pages i previously uploaded.<br />
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<b><u>Updated posts with new pictures are:</u></b><br />
<a href="http://british%20trade%20dollar%20year%201895%20first%20year/">British Trade Dollar 1895</a><br />
<a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/05/british-trade-dollar-year-1896.html">British Trade Dollar 1896</a><br />
<a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/05/british-trade-dollar-year-1897_16.html">British Trade Dollar 1897</a><br />
<a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/05/british-trade-dollar-year-1898_17.html">British Trade Dollar 1898</a><br />
<a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/05/british-trade-dollar-year-1899.html">British Trade Dollar 1899</a><br />
<a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/05/british-trade-dollar-1900-unique-year.html">British Trade Dollar 1900</a><br />
<a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/05/british-trade-dollar-year-1901.html">British Trade Dollar 1901</a><br />
<a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/2013/05/british-trade-dollar-year-1902-one.html">British Trade Dollar 1902</a><br />
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You are invited to visit back these pages for new pictures and caption descriptions.<br />
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Future posts will also be posted in such a way that it is more readers friendly.<br />
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The pictures used in this blog, unless otherwise stated are of my own collections.<br />
<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-71277702933253403552013-05-24T07:24:00.002+08:002013-05-28T12:50:30.810+08:00British Trade Dollar Year 1902 - One unique Retooled Date is extremely rare<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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British trade dollar year 1902 has 3 varieties<br />
It is produced in India Bombay mint with a B mint mark and Calcutta Mint with a C mint mark.<br />
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The recorded mintage are 30,404,499 for 1902 B and 1,266,618 for 1902C.<br />
The 30 million plus 1902 B makes this one of the commonest BTD in the market<br />
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However 1902C is a rare variety.<br />
The C mint mark is only present for 3 years namely 1900C,1901C and 1902C<br />
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The third variety is essentially a retooled die.<br />
It is graded by NGC as 1902/2B<br />
This variety if found is rare and beginner collectors usually not aware of its existence<br />
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<b><u>Variety 1: British Trade Dollar 1902 B</u></b><br />
This is the commonest variety<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The usual 1902 B.<br />
Purposely selected some irregularly toned coin for display.<br />
This is due to mishandling. Most likely captured vapour in coin flip.<br />
This stresses the importance of proper handling and care for coins</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety 2: British Trade Dollar 1902 C</u></b><br />
This is rare variant<br />
This coin is high grade coins which showed the C mint mark clearly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flat prong area and C mint mark.<br />
This is high valued coin at its high grade.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety 3: British Trade Dollar 1902 /2 B </u></b><br />
This is a retooled die.<br />
Looking closer at the date section, you will see the "2" has been repaired and the old shadows of 2 is hidden next to the printed digit on the die.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a retooled die. Very rare variants.<br />
the 1902 is practically double shadowed.<br />
However NGC grade this coin as 1902/2 in the census</td></tr>
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-19891217100378279472013-05-22T07:00:00.001+08:002013-05-28T12:50:19.674+08:00British Trade Dollar Year 1901 (Unique overdate)<br />
British trade dollar 1901 also has 3 varieties.<br />
It recorded a total mintage of 25,684,791 from Bombay mint,<br />
While 1901 C from calcutta mint recorded 1,513,685<br />
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The 1901 B is the common type<br />
The 1901 C is the rare type with fewer mintage.<br />
The third type is 1901 B over 1900 which has unknown mintage, this is also rare<br />
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<b><u>Variety 1: British Trade Dollar 1901 B</u></b><br />
This is the common type from Bombay Mint<br />
The B can be seen at the center of the prong<br />
This is commonly seen in the market<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The NGC Au details 1901 B coin.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety 2: British Trade Dollar 1901 C</u></b><br />
This is rare type, but still able to be found in open market<br />
It fetches a higher price.<br />
The C is located at the side of the Britannia and the shield<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A high grade 1901C. C mint mark can be seen clearly</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety 3: Over date 1901 B over 1900</u></b><br />
This is the rare type.<br />
It is harder to find in the market, but still relatively easier to find if compared to other overdates coin.<br />
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-57874015841146069932013-05-20T13:11:00.001+08:002013-05-20T13:56:50.060+08:00Frence Indo China Piastre Trade Dollar from a collector point of view.French Trade Dollar is also minted to smooth trading process of French colonies in IndoChina in particular. It shares the common weights of 0.900 silver as other trade dollars.<br />
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The seated lady liberty on the observe of the coins makes this coin beautiful and unique.<br />
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<a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/p/french-indo-china-piastre-trade-dollar.html" target="_blank">The mintage tables are as the top page bar</a><br />
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<o:p>These French Trade Dollars are difficult to find in high quality specimen.</o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NGC graded AU Details even high points shown some worn off effects</td></tr>
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The high points especially on the observe made this coin easily worn out even in mild circulation. The reverse of the coin is less susceptible to abrasions. This toned coins showed the high points extremely clearly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abrasions esp at the face, thorax, both forearms, the thigh, leg and feet.<br />Compare with the above coin, you can see these areas are actually bulges forward</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the reverse are less susceptible. The high points are the flower ring.</td></tr>
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A mildly circulated coins will showed these high points are worn off as in this coin<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NGC graded XF details. Mildly circulated coins.</td></tr>
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The sad things about this coin is the face is quite easily worn off. This cause significant defiguring of the coin. The lady liberty looks funny at times, some turned into bird face.<br />
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btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-10633674417317049192013-05-20T07:11:00.001+08:002013-05-28T12:50:06.589+08:00British Trade Dollar Year 1899 (A high mintage common date)<br />
British Trade Dollar Year 1899 is one of the commonest issue for this coin<br />
It recorded the second highest mintage of 30,743,159<br />
<u><a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/p/british-trade-dollar-mintage-tables.html" target="_blank">Please click here to see the full mintage table </a></u>for British Trade Dollar<br />
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It has only one variety, i.e. 1899 (B)<br />
It is produced from Bombay Mint in India.<br />
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The B inscription can be seen on the center of the trident prong.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As with the 1898 coin, this coin also comes from the safe box.<br />
This coin is a lot better than the 1898. It has less scratched hairlines and better details</td></tr>
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<br />btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-18403092947588255822013-05-17T13:36:00.000+08:002013-05-28T12:49:45.654+08:00British Trade Dollar Year 1898 (Getting Scarce)<br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">British Trade Dollar 1898 is a forth year issue.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This is a common date coin with a rather big mintage.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">It recorded a total mintage of 21,545,564</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This year British Trade Dollar has 2 varieties</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b><u>Variety one: 1898 B from Bombay Mint</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This is a commoner type of the 2.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">B mint mark can be seen at the prong.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Compared to earlier years of 1895, 1896 and 1897.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The "B" can be seen more clearly for the subsequent year coins from 1898.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">It also not as easily worn off (disappear).</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This coin is came from a safety box that was cut open.<br />
These coins is believed to be in the safe for decades.<br />
The green spots are the old safe box paint.<br />
The relative uncirculated nature of the coin shows the glorious luster.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This variety is scarcer</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">It is minted from Calcutta Mint</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">For British Trade Dollar year 1895, 1897, 1898; despite minted by Calcutta mint, there is no "C" mark on the side of the Brittania. The "C" mint mark only appears on british trade dollar minted on 1900, 1901 and 1902.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This type of no mint mark on prong variety is also seen on year 1925, 1929 and 1930 British Trade Dollar. However, for these 3 years, these no mint mark British Trade Dollars were minted by London Mint and not Calcutta Mint.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The most unique of all is 1900 no C, no B variety which is very rare.</span></span><br />
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btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-29614106719339635052013-05-16T15:40:00.003+08:002013-05-28T12:49:34.934+08:00British Trade Dollar Year 1897 (Getting Scarce)<br />
British Trade Dollar year 1897 is the third year issue.<br />
It has a large mintage of 21,286,427.<br />
<u><a href="http://tradedollar.blogspot.com/p/british-trade-dollar-mintage-tables.html" target="_blank">Please click here for full mintage table for BTD</a></u><br />
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There are 3 varieties of British Trade Dollar in 1897.<br />
Exact amount for each varieties is unknown. As the 21 million quoted is a combined total mintage.<br />
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<b><u>Variety One is 1897(B)</u></b><br />
British trade dollar with a Bombay Mint Mark.<br />
This is the commonest type. Despite the big mintage of 21 million, 1897 British Trade dollar is a scarcer date.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This coin has good details of at least AU.<br />
B mint mark can be seen at the prong.<br />
However the unequal luster raised suspicion of this coin has been mildly dipped before.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety Two is 1897 no mintmark</u></b><br />
This 1897 coin has no mint mark at the trident prong.<br />
It is minted by Calcutta Mint.<br />
This is the scarcer type to find in the market.<br />
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There is no C mintmark as well for year 1895,1897 and 1898 coins although they are from calcutta mint<br />
C mint mark only seen on coin struck on 1900,1901 and 1902.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety Three is 1897 overdate on 1896 coins</u></b><br />
This overdate variety is one of the very rare type.<br />
The "7" can be seen overstruck on a deleted "6" on the 1897 at the bottom of the Britannia.<br />
In older days, is is costly and time consuming to reproduce a new die for coin manufacturing.<br />
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One of easiest way to produce a change in year on the coin, is using the old die for the previous year i.e.1896 and retooled the "6" into "7" which is the current year. This type of coin is called Overdate coins.<br />
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The existence of overdate for 1897/96 is not difficult to see, as the mintage jumped from 6 million for 1896 BTD to becomes 21 millions BTD in 1897. Hence there is a need for more die available for the increase in production.<br />
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The existence of overdates is also one of the interesting aspects of collecting British Trade Dollars.<br />
These overdates has no known populations on its own, but it is generally very rare and difficult to find.<br />
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btdcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915208538077466823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749375630981313887.post-54366022947069364642013-05-15T08:24:00.001+08:002013-05-28T12:26:37.142+08:00British Trade Dollar 1900 (Unique Year with 5 Varieties)It is a pleasure to collect British Trade Dollar 1900. It takes a long time to complete a set of 5 varieties.<br />
Some of the variants are very rare and considered as error coins.<br />
There is a total of 9,106,619 british trade dollar minted for year 1900.<br />
There is a subquoted amount of 363,372 coins minted for 1900 No B No C Variety, which is very rare.<br />
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<b><u>Variety 1: British trade dollar 1900 B</u></b><br />
This is the Bombay mint coin. The commonest and usual type.<br />
The B mint mark can be seen at the trident prong area.<br />
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<b><u>Variety 2: British Trade Dollar 1900 C</u></b><br />
For year 1900,1901 and 1902 British trade dollar minted from Calcutta.<br />
There is a C mint mark at the space next to the outer side of the Brittania left leg and the shield.<br />
This C mint mark indicates the Calcutta mint.<br />
The usual trident prong area is flat and no mint mark.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This VF coins has the C mint mark preserved.<br />1900C has the highers value, followed by 1902C and then 1901C</td></tr>
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The C mint mark is easily worn off as well after moderate circulation. The flat trident prong area may be the indication left for this type of coin.<br />
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<b><u>Variety 3: British Trade Dollar 1900 No B No C</u></b><br />
This variety recorded a quoted amount of 363,372 and is among the rarest.<br />
This is difficult to find.<br />
It is believed to be from Bombay mint, however the die containing the mint mark has worn off.<br />
Hence it produced a special type (error variant) where the B mint mark is not seen at the trident prong.<br />
The whole mint mark area at the prong is empty within. Left with a diamond shaped rim.<br />
It is not C mint coin as well as the trident prong area is not flat and there is no C mark at the side of Britannia.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This fairly high grade coin has the usual diamond shaped at the prong<br />But the B is missing.<br />It is also different from 1900C where the prong is area is flat</td></tr>
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One word of caution in getting this type of coins is the collector must get a fairly high grade coin in order to appreciate the empty mint mark area. Many 1900B with fair amount of circulation might have the B mint mark wearing off and give an impression of a 1900 No B No C mint mark coin.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As in this coin... is the B worn out or it is a no B no C variant.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Variety 4: British Trade Dollar 1900 over 1890 Overdate Variety</u></b><br />
Year 1900 is at the turn of the century and this produced an unique overdate coins where 3 characters are changed on the original die.<br />
This overdate variety is one of the rarest to find.<br />
The overdates is not easy to identify and takes a bit of effort to make up.<br />
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The overdates are not meant to be seen clearly.They are retooled to the current year date which is 1900. The 1890 at the background is the erased shadow.<br />
Generally for the 1900/890 coin, the 9 over 8 is clearer to be seen. meanwhile the 0 over the 9 is very faint, but you can see the 9 tail shadow on the background.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 8 shadow is seen behind the 9.<br />The original 9 shadow is behind the 0 (look for the tail of the 9)</td></tr>
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Another intriguing thing of this overdate coin is 1890 coin does not exist.<br />
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<b><u>Variety 5: British Trade Dollar 1900 over 1900 (based on KN Boon catalogue) or it also known as 1900 over 1000 (NGC census) </u></b><br />
This coin is also very rare variety.<br />
It is probably a retooled die where the original die has worned out and the engraver recrafted the dates.<br />
The coin showed a double shadow of 1900.<br />
This coin is very difficult to find in the market,<br />
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