April 12, 2024
1908 B BRITISH TRADE DOLLAR-UK CHINA HONG KONG SILVER!!
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1908B BRITISH TRADE DOLLAR. GORGEOUS SILVER COIN!!! WEIGHT: 26.9568 GRAMS. GREAT DETAILS! NICE LUSTRE! JUST A BEAUTIFUL COIN!!! ***INTERESTING NOTE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR COIN.....IT WAS SAVED BY AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A PAYMASTER ON A MERCHANT SHIP. HE WAS ENGLISH AND TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, PICKING THIS COIN UP IN HIS MANY TRAVELS. HE SECRETED THE COIN AWAY AND I ACQUIRED IT FROM ONE OF HIS DESCENDANTS. A REALLY NICE COIN IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION!!! PLEASE VIEW THE PHOTOS I HAVE PROVIDED AND GRADE THE COIN FOR YOURSELF. SOME HISTORY: 'Trade Coinage' is the name we give to coins manufactured by one country for use in another country. Great Britain and the US are two countries who manufactured trade dollars for use overseas. These are large, valuable silver coins that contain 0.78 Troy ounces of silver. Their base value, then, is 0.78 times the current price of silver (look it up on ). But their value exceeds base value due to their numismatic (coin collector) appeal. The coins were minted in Bombay and Calcutta (and given tiny mint marks B and C). The mint mark B is in the centre prong of the trident, and the C is in the ground between Britannia's left foot and the base of the shield. These .900 fine silver trade dollars were circulated throughout China where they were readily accepted as a medium of exchange.
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