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[[Image:SB821-44684o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44684]]
 
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This specimen was lot 44684 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. Trade Dollar, 1911-B. Bombay Mint. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details Gold Shield. A nicely struck Dollar with a few minor fields marks but nothing overly distracting. The toning is a pleasing light gray with a hint of almond on both sides. From the Sundial Valley Farms Collection." This silver dollar was struck during the reign of George V, king of Britain 1910-36. The type was struck 1895-1935 for use in "Oriental trade," which would include India, Indochina, the East Indies and China proper. This coin could easily be filed under India as most (including this one) were struck in India, either at the Bombay or Calcutta mints. The majority were struck 1895-1904, 1907-13 and 1925-34. The coin does not bear a portrait of the sovereign nor is marked with the country of origin tho the figure of Britannia makes it clear.
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The first specimen was lot 44684 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. Trade Dollar, 1911-B. Bombay Mint. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details Gold Shield. A nicely struck Dollar with a few minor fields marks but nothing overly distracting. The toning is a pleasing light gray with a hint of almond on both sides. From the Sundial Valley Farms Collection." This silver dollar was struck during the reign of George V, king of Britain 1910-36. The type was struck 1895-1935 for use in "Oriental trade," which would include India, Indochina, the East Indies and China proper. This coin could easily be filed under India as most (including this one) were struck in India, either at the Bombay or Calcutta mints. The majority were struck 1895-1904, 1907-13 and 1925-34. The coin does not bear a portrait of the sovereign nor is marked with the country of origin tho the figure of Britannia makes it clear.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 37,471,000.  
 
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Revision as of 14:44, 10 January 2022

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44684
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC
from the Mountain Groan collection
Great Britain 1911 dollar rev DSLR.JPG

The first specimen was lot 44684 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Trade Dollar, 1911-B. Bombay Mint. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details Gold Shield. A nicely struck Dollar with a few minor fields marks but nothing overly distracting. The toning is a pleasing light gray with a hint of almond on both sides. From the Sundial Valley Farms Collection." This silver dollar was struck during the reign of George V, king of Britain 1910-36. The type was struck 1895-1935 for use in "Oriental trade," which would include India, Indochina, the East Indies and China proper. This coin could easily be filed under India as most (including this one) were struck in India, either at the Bombay or Calcutta mints. The majority were struck 1895-1904, 1907-13 and 1925-34. The coin does not bear a portrait of the sovereign nor is marked with the country of origin tho the figure of Britannia makes it clear.

Recorded mintage: 37,471,000.

Specification: 26.96 g, .900 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW, designed by G. W. DeSaulles.

Catalog reference: KM-T5; Mars-BTD1; Prid-21.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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