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A delightful coin but graded as AU. Had hope better.

Denomination : 1 Dollar
Year : 1903
Variety : Incused "B"
Composition : Silver .900 fine
Mintage : 15,009,891 pieces
Graded : AU-55. Total graded by NGC - 13 (As of to date)

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The latest addition to my collection. A common year but rare in high grade conditions.

 

Straits Settlements Kg George V
Denomination : 50cts
Year : 1920
Composition : Silver .500 fine
Mintage : 3,900,051
Graded : Currently 8pcs in record being graded by NGC at MS65

 

 

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It's getting hard finding high grade coins, and especially UNC ones. This will do for now.

 

Denomination : 50cts
Year : 1903
Variety : Incused "B"
Composition : Silver .900 fine
Mintage : 193,000 pieces
Graded : AU-55. Total graded by NGC - 8 (As of to date)

 

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Latest raw piece, SS Kg Edward V 1904 $1 to my collection. Photographing it was rather hard trying to capture its brilliance with my Olympus camera and macro lens.

 

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Latest addition, a Kg Edward V 1908 1 cent raw specimen. BU condition.

 

Coin shows slight oxidation shades and marks from poor handling otherwise superb. Handling of bronze or copper coins are very crucial. One should not attempt to clean them especially the high grade to UNC coins, it will may only makes it worse.

 

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I wonder what the record is for # of languages on a coin

 

That question is going to bother me until someone comes up with an answer. The most I can come up with off the top of my head is five on a technicality -- the Swiss franc is in Latin, and the 'Fr' abbreviation is correct in all four official languages. I suppose it's two languages, but one of them could be any of four.

 

The most I can think of off the top of my head is the British empire/commonwealth era Hong Kong dollar, with the obverse inscription in Latin, and the reverse in English and Chinese, but I have no expectation of that standing up. The Alabama SHQ also has three languages: English, Latin and Braille.

 

Meanwhile, these Straits coins just get better and better. I definitely want a Straits dollar in my collection now.

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2 of my latest add-ons into my collection.

 

Straits Settlements Kg George V
Denomination : 50cts
Year : 1921
Composition : Silver .500 fine
Mintage : 2,579,413
Graded : Currently 16pcs in record being graded by NGC at MS65

 

 

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SS Kg Edward 1903 Raised "B" Silver Dollar, slabbed AU58 by NGC 3258114-074 added. This makes room for me to release off one of my AU53 coin as I up grade my collection. Still on a look out for a MS slab piece.

 

Coin is excellent in BU conditions with high brilliance. If not for the wear off around the ear areas, it will make for a MS grade.

 

Denomination : 1 Dollar
Year : 1903
Variety : Raised "B"
Composition : Silver .900 fine
Mintage : Unknown (Included together the "Incuse B" totaling 15,009,891 pieces)
Graded : AU58 - Currently 12 pieces in record graded by NGC at AU58

 

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Well, it's been a while since I've added any coins to this post. I've been about picking. While high grade raw coins are getting hard to find, slabbed coins are sky rocketing.

 

Here's one just gotten recently VF+ only.

 

Straits Settlements Queen Victoria
Denomination : 50 cts
Year : 1888
Composition : Silver .800 fine
Mintage : 96,000
Grade - VF+

 

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One more for my collection.

 

Straits Settlements Kg George V
Denomination : 10cts
Year : 1927
Composition : Silver .600 fine
Mintage : 23,000,000
Graded : Currently 121pcs in record being graded by NGC at MS66

 

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One more for my collection.

 

Straits Settlements Kg George V

Denomination : 10cts

Year : 1927

Composition : Silver .600 fine

Mintage : 23,000,000

Graded : Currently 121pcs in record being graded by NGC at MS66

 

SSKgGeorgeV192710ctsMS66NGC2792503-001co

 

 

Great looking coin! :bthumbsup::bthumbsup::bthumbsup:

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