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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 119028, member: 283&quot;]Well, a quick bit of research will show you that they aren&#039;t strictly speaking `British&#039; coins at all. British Empire...yes, but not British by manufacture. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coinage was minted in India at Bombay and Calcutta mints from 1895 onwards, with the exception of 1925 and 1930 which were indeed minted at London.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another key differential is that unlike the US Trade Dollar which carried (and still carries) legal tender status in the US, the UK Trade Dollar never did carry `legal tender&#039; status in the UK.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was never seen there, let alone used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Should these coins even be listed under `Great Britain&#039; in Krause? I think it is misleading that they are....but where else to put them?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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