| St. James's Auctions Ltd > Auction 88 | Auction date: 27 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 97 Price realized: 800 GBP (Approx. 1,010 USD / 933 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ajman, Rashid Bin Hamad al-Naimi (1928-1981), 7.5 riyals (3), AH 1389 (1970), state emblem, value above, bust below/bust facing, rev. bonefish/barbary falcon/gazelle (KM.5, KM.6, KM.7), all certified and graded by NGC, two as Mint State 68, one as Mint State 67 (3) Scarce; Only one graded higher than MS68. Estimate: 950 - 1050 GBP |  |
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| Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles > Auction 137 | Auction date: 29 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1210 Price realized: 35,000 USD (Approx. 32,417 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Straits Settlements. Silver Dollar, 1926 Bombay Mint. KM-33; Prid-12. George V of Great Britain. Bearded, shoulder-length portrait in profile facing left wearing the imperial crown and the ermine Robe of State, across his chest the Collar of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, below his neck the badge of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Legend in English GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA. Beaded border. Reverse styled as on the issue of Edward VII: balanced cruciform of four compartments, the upper and lower ones showing Chinese characters translating as YAT YUEN (One Dollar), the left and right compartments being Malay characters for SATU RINGGIT (One Dollar). Between an inner circle and the rim, in English, are STRAITS SETTLEMENTS at the top and ONE DOLLAR at bottom; the date of issue, 1926, follows at bottom. A lovely scroll ornament at left and right separates the legend. Edge is reeded (milled). This smaller-diameter Dollar was made of .500-fine silver beginning in 1919. Lightly toned with original mint luster. Very Rare. Pop 2; Tied for Finest graded at NGC. NGC graded MS-62. Estimated Value $7,500 - UP The Straits Settlements silver dollars, all of which are relatively scarce, especially so in well-preserved conditions, endured as money for roughly two decades before ceasing. From 1903-04 the first ones appeared, in the name of King Edward VII, in normal size and silver content (.900 fine). In 1907 and again just briefly (until 1909) a dollar of .900 fineness was made of reduced size. In the reign of George V, similar sized dollars were struck from 1919-26 but in reduced (.500) fineness. Only 1919 and 1920 were made in any quantity. None appeared dated 1921-24. Proofs were made of the first two and again in 1925 and 1926, including later restrikes. No mintage figures have been located for the last two dates; all were long supposed to have been made only in proof state. Yet here we see a dollar dated 1926 that is clearly not a proof. All of these dollars, from 1903 until the end, were competing in commerce against Trade Dollars made for use in the East by Mexico and other formerly Spanish dominions, by France and even by the USA. For years, Britain also minted its own Trade Dollars in quantity. All in all, the handsome silver dollars of the Straits Settlements became unnecessary, trusted as they were. The 1926 dollar was the last of its kind and is extremely rare today. Ex Baldwin's Auction 45, May 3, 2006, lot 1495. |  |
