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Gold British Trade Dollar 1897 - NGC PF61
The highest grade example of this exceptional rare GOLD Trade Dollar in existence.
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One of less than 10 that are believed to exist.
Graded by NGC as PF61 - no other examples are graded higher.
This is only the second Gold Trade Dollar to come to the market in recent years. The last publicly traded piece was a 1902 example which made US $214,000 in 2014.
‘Trade Dollars’ were issued in silver from February 1895 as a way of standardising silver coinage in territories in the East.
The story of the ‘Trade Dollar’ can be traced back to the Chinese ‘Opium Wars’. Once China lost the war it was forced to concede various ports to Britain and other powers. Famously this included Hong Kong which remained a British colony until 1997.
Whilst Britain, and other European countries, had conducted a substantial amount of trade with China, their control of Hong Kong opened up a new period of flourishing international trade. Merchants and entrepreneurs flocked from around the world.
With money, and particularly large silver coins, flooding into Hong Kong this presented its own issues as there was no standardisation with these coins. A solution to this was issuing a silver coin specifically for trade in Hong Kong and wider China - the ‘Trade Dollar’ was born as a medium of exchange.
Silver Trade Dollars were issued from 1895 through to 1935 with Bombay, Calcutta and London mint marks (with London coins having no actual mint mark). On rare occasions gold versions were produced - this is one such example.
£140,000
Denomination/metal: Gold
Type: Gold
Condition: NGC PF61 (none graded higher)
Mint mark: Bombay
Obv. Britannia standing, ship sailing past to left, ‘ONE DOLLAR’. Mintmark is a small ‘B’ on the middle prong of the trident.
Rev. Chinese symbol for longevity as main design, with characters in Chinese and Jawi Malay denoting the denomination of this coin
39mm., 34.69gm.
Ref. Pr 2B; KM T5a
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India 1854 SG21
Unquestionably one of the most important and desirable pieces of classic India philately in existence.
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1854 4a blue and red.
A unique and celebrated showpiece.
Unquestionably one of the most important and desirable pieces of classic India philately in existence.
This is the only intact unused multiple of the third printing in private hands. It is also the only available example of the all-important March 1855 imprint. 1854-55 4a blue and red, head die III, frame die I, THIRD PRINTING.
A spectacular unused vertical pair (pos. 4/8) from stone ‘F’ (illustrated Jatia plate VI) with record margins which preserve the complete marginal inscriptions and corner ornaments of the entire right half of a sheet (pos. 3-4/7-8/11-12), including ‘March 1855’ imprint at lower right.
Toned by climate, with inconsequential marginal creasing.
Ex ‘Koh-i-Nor’ (CRL 25/2/86, lot 208).
BPA Cert 2008 included
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William & Mary Guinea
A lovely coin from the last year of issue.
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Extremely Fine Guinea from the last year of Mary’s rule
Both William and Mary are a rarity in British rule as they reigned jointly as coregents. Amazingly both had claims to the British throne and, as cousins, their marriage was intended to heal the wounds of the Anglo Dutch war (though Mary was a somewhat reluctant bride).
This coin was struck in 1694 which was the year Mary died of Smallpox thus leaving William to rule on his own. William died in 1702 of pneumonia as a result of a fall from his horse - the horse is to have alleged to have stumbled on a mole hill leaving his Jacobite rivals to toast “the little gentleman in the black velvet waistcoat”
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Country: England
Monarch: William and Mary (1688 - 1694)
Denomination/metal: Gold Guinea 1694
Type: Gold
Condition: EF - A little soft of strike as usual, light raised die flaws on obverse, some light flecking on reverse, toned, and attractive.
Obv. 4 struck over 3, conjoined busts right.
Rev. Crowned quartered shield of arms, date either side of crown.
Ref. .Schneider 473; M.C.E. 159; S 3426
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