Straits Settlements Dollars



General Information:
Denomination: ONE DOLLAR
Weight :               26.95g
Diameter:            37.3mm
Composition:     0.900 Silver
Actual silver:      0.7798 Oz
Year of issue: 1903 and 1904
Ruler                     King Edward VII (1901-1910)
These 2 years issue has similar weight and composition to the trade dollars

Year
Variety
Mintage
Remark
1903B
Incused B
15,009,981
Scarcer compared to 1904

Raised B
Included above
RARE
1904B
Incused B
20,364,664
Common

1904 has few varieties in the digit “4”
·         Close “4”
·         Close high “4”
·         Very close “4”
·         Wide high “4”
Most collectors do not care so much about the digit varieties


Denomination : One Dollar
Weight:                                20.21g
Diameter             34.3mm
Composition      0.900 silver
Actual silver        0.5480 oz

Year
Variety
Mintage
Remark
1907

6,841,531
Common
1907 H

4,000,000
Common
1908

4,151,652
Common
1909

1,014,072
Scarcer date



1 comment:

  1. These were made later in .50 silver, too. Do you know the dates and mintages of these?

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