A question about British Trade Dollars

DorkGirl

Are the British Trade dollars faked by the Chinese as much as the American ones? I really like the look of the British coins and am scared to death by their American counterparts. Do I need to worry about fakes? Thanks for your help, Becky

trozau

Here's a conterfeit British Trade Dollar from China

satootoko

<< <i>Do I need to worry about fakes? >>

Be afraid Becky - be very afraid! Actually, that warning applies to all the silver crowns that circulated in Asia as trade coinage - Japanese yen, Austrian Thalers, Mexican Pillar Dollars, etc., etc., etc.

The Chinese (and Bulgarian) productions range from poor off-size/weight cast replicas that shouldn't fool anyone familiar with the appearance of struck silver coinage, to examples as good or better than the one Trozau has posted. I've even seen them with authentic-appearing chop marks!

1jester

Trozau, it looks perfect. Is it proper alloy?

Becky, good luck! By the way, I think Wybrit still has a few genuine British Trade Dollars for sale on his website, and perhaps Ajaan has some too. You could always start a thread entitled "Help! British Trade Dollars wanted".

harasha

Probably one of many sites dedicated to fraud detection:

http://www.geocities.com/loei88/trade/uk_fake.htm

ajaan

I have a couple authentic circulated pieces for sale cheap. If interested, PM me.

shirohniichan

Trozau, that counterfeit is really well made!