Is This A Dollar From British Occupied Hong Kong?

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westy00 Valued Member Canada 340 Posts	Posted 11/25/2021 10:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff

westy00 Valued Member Canada 340 Posts	Posted 11/25/2021 10:20 pm 9 over 9 Report this Post to the Staff
westy00 Valued Member Canada 340 Posts	Posted 11/25/2021 10:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 11/26/2021 12:52 am No. This is a "British Trade dollar", intended for use throughout eastern and southeastern Asia, with the China trade a main target. The goal in creating these coins was to displace the Mexican 8 reales silver dollar, which was universally accepted in the region as a bullion coin. In this they failed, because people still preferred the familiar Mexican dollars. Exactly which country these ought to be filed under is something of a matter of debate. With no country of issue actually denoted on the coin, other than the figure of Britannia, most non-British-made world coin catalogues (such as Krause) place them under "Great Britain". British coin collectors, however, do not recognize them as part of the British coin series, because they were made in India for use in Asia, so you will not find them listed in the Spink catalogue (for example). 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
westy00 Valued Member Canada 340 Posts	Posted 11/26/2021 08:01 am Interesting thanks for filling me in Report this Post to the Staff
windweaver77 Valued Member United States 174 Posts	Posted 12/18/2021 09:28 am I really want one of these. It is on my short list of must-haves!!! Report this Post to the Staff
westy00 Valued Member Canada 340 Posts	Posted 12/19/2021 09:26 am Its in Toronto at ICCS being assessed with about 14 other coins . Looking forward to getting them back . Report this Post to the Staff
westy00 Valued Member Canada 340 Posts	Posted 12/20/2021 2:03 pm Grading completed ,, Ms63 . Report this Post to the Staff
windweaver77 Valued Member United States 174 Posts	Posted 01/03/2022 07:36 am Congratulations Westy00 I only hope I can find one, then alone a nice one haha Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36903 Posts	Posted 01/13/2022 12:59 pm A beauty! Report this Post to the Staff
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