Owner Comments:
An amazing piece from the age of King Edward, the 1903B straits settlements 1 dollar raised mintmark, it has a diameter of 37.3mm and a thickness of 2.5mm, the mintage for the 1903B raised mintmark is unknown as we only know the total mintages of the 1903B Incuse and raised which is 15,009,891, it weigh 26.95 grams which is quite a lot to the 20.2176 grams that th 1907-1909s weigh, as silver prices were increasing, and in 1919-1926 they were only 16.848 grams during the time of King George V, even the quality of silver dropped from 0.900 silver in 1903B to 1909 to silver 0.500 from 1919-1926. The edge on the 1903B raised and Incuse are both reeded, the engraver was also changed from Leonard Charles Wyon to George William De Saulles. the raised mintmark is significantly rarer that the incuse mintmark, as they are more sought after. Both the incuse and the raised. mintmarks were both struck at the Bombay mint, which is located in India, yet in lower grades they are still worth quite a lot, the lettering on the back means One Dollar, it is written in Chinese Traditional and Jawi, there also another way to see the raised mintmark, you can look at the bottom of the bust near the initials DES there a tiny dot near DES, if there is, means that the coin is a raised mintmark, unfortunately, the dot on this coin is a bit vague as there is some ware and scratches on the dot, the B on this piece is thankfully visible, but it is still vague, this piece is also in a very nice condition of AU50, which stands for About uncirculated 50, which also means that it is extremely close to a mintstate grade, as this piece has only minor wear, it has some slight dark-greyish toning around the edges with some luster on the obverse and the reverse.This piece is extremely sought after by collectors of straits settlements coinage, I am extremely happy to own this coin in my collection. thank you for reading!