hong kong trade dollar used heavily in asia for commerce and trade. it is under the british ruled during those period. its obverse is very beautiful. just like the british britannia. i got one coin graded au condition.
So far I have 3 including one of a pair that was issued to commemerate the hand over of Hong Kong to China and is colorized :thumb: they are a lovely coin and again you can find a few mint marks and those with added chops so your collection can be varied De Orc
Annie21,could you please post some photos? The reverse of the British Trade Dollar has Britannia,not the obverse.The obverse has the denomination expressed in both Malayan & Chinese,as the British Trade Dollar circulated in the Straits Settlements & the Malayan States as well as in Hong Kong.These coins are quite common,but there are a few rare dates,especially the 1935,which are often forged. Aidan.
Steve,those chopmarks on that 1899B British Trade $1 look very interested.Unfortunately,I can't read Chinese.If I was able to read Chinese characters,then I would know whose chopmarks they were (apart from the fact that it was stamped by a merchant). Aidan.
chop mark chop mark is not necessary a name of a person. usually it is a company logo or sign represented that they have checked and verified that this coin is a geniune one and contained exactly the weight of that silver coin. and quaranteed that this coin can be passed by one person to another without doubt. but certainly some other person would like to check it again. that's why some coin had many chop mark.
Note: being chopmarked doesn't mean that it's genuine. Counterfeiters are getting too smart these days.
Gxseries,that particular British Trade $1 that Steve posted a photo of is a genuine one.Forgers may think that they are smart,but their productions are being weeded out,as the light weight & soapy colour gives it away. Aidan.
Aidan, I disagree. You haven't seen any highly advanced counterfeit yet. Color, weight, mass is rather easy to fix if you have an extremely smart crook. Here is one coin currently discussed in coinpeople at the moment: http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4557/1762934il0.jpg At first glance, it doesn't look to be unusual, in fact seems to be real. However, die varities are studied and there is none to be found with that design. It's highly likely that a genuine coin, in this case a Peter III ruble was used and then a counterfeiter used it to strike a new design. The same is said with the Korean 5 yang as the planchet is similar to the Japanese Meiji silver coins. In one case that I have seen, it seems that a worn, if not purposely worn Japanese 1 yen coin was used. Color etc seemed to look "ok" and it is getting very difficult to just tell from first glance.
fake one i can easily buy them at $.25 to $.33 each. i bought them to play poker or card games. i spent $60.00 already. but i got 200 pc of dollar size.
