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Auction: 24126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 38: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 2617

British Overseas Territories, Straits Settlements and Hong Kong (1895-1935), British Trade Dollar, 1898 B, Bombay Mint, by George William de Saulles, Britannia standing left, holding trident, cape billowing behind, date in exergue, rev. Chinese characters and Jawi script in ornamental flower, edge milled, 12h (Mars BTD1; Prid. 6; KM T5), rubbed and lightly cleaned but retoned, very fine or better; British Trade Dollar, 1898 B, Bombay Mint, by George William de Saulles, Britannia standing left, holding trident, cape billowing behind, date in exergue, rev. Chinese characters and Jawi script in ornamental flower, edge milled, 12h (Mars BTD1; Prid. 6; KM T5), bagmarked and rubbed, otherwise lustrous and lightly toned a bolder very fine; British Trade Dollar, 1898 B, Bombay Mint, by George William de Saulles, Britannia standing left, holding trident, cape billowing behind, date in exergue, rev. Chinese characters and Jawi script in ornamental flower, edge milled, 12h (Mars BTD1; Prid. 6; KM T5), lightly stained otherwise striated toning overlying cartwheel lustrous fields, a pleasing extremely fine; British Trade Dollar, 1898 B, Bombay Mint, by George William de Saulles, Britannia standing left, holding trident, cape billowing behind, date in exergue, rev. Chinese characters and Jawi script in ornamental flower, edge milled, 12h (Mars BTD1; Prid. 6; KM T5), cleaned but lustrous, a bolder very fine / extremely fine; British Trade Dollar, 1898 B, Bombay Mint, by George William de Saulles, Britannia standing left, holding trident, cape billowing behind, date in exergue, rev. Chinese characters and Jawi script in ornamental flower, edge milled, 12h (Mars BTD1; Prid. 6; KM T5), lightly rubbed and lustrous, good very fine / extremely fine; British Trade Dollar, 1898 B, Bombay Mint, by George William de Saulles, Britannia standing left, holding trident, cape billowing behind, date in exergue, rev. Chinese characters and Jawi script in ornamental flower, edge milled, 12h (Mars BTD1; Prid. 6; KM T5), lightly cleaned and residually lustrous, a hint of tone to reverse, a pleasingly bold very fine / extremely fine (6)

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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£210