British trade dollar

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The British trade dollar was a silver coin issued by the United Kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for use in trade across East and Southeast Asia, particularly in regions like Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dollar-sized coin
silver trade coin
category British colonial coinage
trade dollars of East Asia
collectibleStatus popular with numismatists
competedWith French Indochina piastre
Japanese trade dollar
Mexican peso
United States trade dollar
linked to: Trade dollar
composition 0.900 fine silver
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
currencyRegion Oriental trade
demonetized 1937
denomination one dollar
diameter 39 millimetres
edge milled edge
firstYearOfIssue 1895
hasMintMark B for Bombay
C for Calcutta
introduced 1895
issuer Government of the United Kingdom
linked to: UK government
lastYearOfIssue 1935
legalTenderStatus legal tender in Hong Kong
legal tender in Straits Settlements
material silver
mintedAt Bombay Mint
Calcutta Mint
Royal Mint London
linked to: Royal Mint
obverseDesign merchant ship in background
standing Britannia with trident and shield
obverseLegend ONE DOLLAR
date
periodOfUse early 20th century
late 19th century
purpose facilitate trade in East Asia
facilitate trade in Southeast Asia
replacedBy Hong Kong dollar coinage
Straits Settlements dollar
linked to: Straits dollar
reverseDesign Chinese characters for "one dollar"
Jawi script inscription
ornamental border
standard aligned with other contemporary trade dollars
usedIn British Malaya
China
Hong Kong
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Penang
Shanghai
Singapore
Straits Settlements
other Chinese treaty ports
weight 26.95 grams

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Trade dollar competedWith British trade dollar