1804 Bank Of England Dollar Questions

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Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 2:07 pm A couple of days ago I was in my local antique shop ( who does me good deals on coins), when a man came in offering an 1804 Bank of England dollar. It was in VF or better and he wanted £500. Coin yearbook 2013 gives it as around £275. I had a good look at it, but not being expert was not really sure what to look for. I saw a faint "ripple" on the obverse, which could have been part of the head of the old obverse from the Spanish dollar which provided the flan. The rim of the coin was perfectly smooth all round, almost too perfect. I have some Spanish dollars and they have a pattern rolled into them. There was no trace of anything at all on the rim, which was beautifully smooth and flat all round. This worried me a little and I did not buy it, not even for the catalogue price. What should be on the rim of one of these coins? Should there be a pattern or milling, or is it right being smooth? Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 11:55 pm The rim of BoE dollars "should" be plain. They used plain collars to enclose the Spanish dollar as it was being overstruck. In some cases, remnants of the original box-and-circle edge can still be seen, but only remnants. I recall I had the same "that looks dodgy" reaction when I first saw the edge of a Bank dollar for sale in a local dealer here and was reluctant to pay the rather high asking price. He let me have it at a discount (since he wasn;t entirely sure, either) and I asked around at my local coin club; they verified with their own examples that the edge is indeed supposed to be plain. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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