Posted by slang on August 24, 2010
While surfing the internet for interesting articles and blog on coins and banknotes, I found one blog on British Trade Dollar silver coins http://britishtradedollar.blogspot.com which I find to be very interesting and very useful for those collectors who are beginners or advanced collectors of the crown size BTD silver coins.
This site is a specialized coin site on british trade dollars coin written by a very passionate coin collector of the British trade dollar coins.
Some of the noteworthy articles in this specialized BTD coin site are:
- The very clear illustrated photograph of the various BTD coins year by year;
- It shows pictorial grading of the various condition of the BTD coins;
- What I find very interesting is the way the author demonstrate how to differentiate BTD coin from the counterfeit even with video so that readers can even actually “hear” the difference between a real BTD and a fake/counterfeit BTD;
- There is article on the author personal experiences/early memory when collecting the BTD coins and places to shop for coins in Ipoh
- Many other tips or hints on the btd coins
Posted by slang on April 7, 2010
Below is an interesting British Trade Dollar 1911B silver dollar coin auctioned at e-bay using BUY IT NOW at Rm200 ,encapsulated and graded by ANACS as AU-55.
Let’s see what it means by AU-55:
AU-55 (Good About Uncirculated) – Sharp legends and devices show only a hint of wear on the high points. Remaining mint luster must be at least half; great eye appeal.
If we looked closely, we see:
- Two or more large digs mark on the Britania’s right shoulder,
- Stratches on the coin especially at the breast and middle part of the legs,
- The strikes seems to be light and crude on both sides of the coin
- There are many nicks at the edges.
- There is also the China-Great Britain description on the top of the encapsulated coin.
Sound suspicious? Should we buy now as it is so-called chopped/certified by ANACS??
Not sure, perhaps it is more towards the term “caveat emptor”- lets the buyer beware!!
Posted by slang on
This is an interesting silver British Trade Dollar coin which were bidded by 8 people and realized USD 133.50 in e-bay auction (excluding shipping cost). At the first glance, it looks extremely attractive- 1895 medal silver proof but in reality on the other side, at the 6 o’clock , it is a 1988 5 oz Trade Dollar Medal silver proof.
Very honestly, I was also very carried away thinking of buying so cheap a proof copy of the British Trade Dollar when just looking at the date 1895 instead of the other side -right to the bottom side of the coin ( at 6 o’clock) the year 1988 and also faulting myself for not properly reading the text of the auction description. ( greed- cheap sale?) When I looked at other e-bay sites with similar auction the similar silver proof is sold for about USD43.00 which I believe for its SILVER bullion price. Anyway, this RESTRIKE copy by private mint is quite a beauty to behold !
Great Britain 1988 5 Oz Trade Dollar Medal Silver Proof
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