The British Trade Dollar was issued from around 1895 to 1935. This coin was quite popular and used in Singapore and Hong Kong to stop other countries’ silver dollars from being circulated in British colonies. This coin was known as Ringgit Tongkat in Malaya.

The British Trade Dollar appeared in China as a result of the Opium Wars (1839-1843, 1856-1860), when China tried to stop Britain from selling opium to its citizens. The looser of the Opium War, China, opened up a number of ports to British, including Hong Kong. As …

Have you ever asked yourself why some coins get the fame and others are not? Morgan Dollar now is the most desired coin in numismatic world. It has the real reason for that because it has everything perfect: appearance as well as history.

The first Morgan coin was invented at 1878 and had the 28 years old history of coinage. During this time it’s design was changed for 5 different mints. Named by its designer George T. Morgan it has the sideview of Miss Liberty’s head on the obverse and …

The Louis Braille Silver Dollars join the sales tallies this week. The proof and uncirculated coins were launched Thursday, March 26. The first figures show 40,844 Braille coins have sold in less than one week. While they are not exactly instep with the blast-off pace of the Lincoln Silver Dollars, the numbers are solid thus far.

Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar Prototype and Coin Design Images
Louis Braille commemorative Silver Dollar coins design images and a prototype of its readable Braille reverse were unveiled by United States Mint Director Ed Moy at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) annual convention in Dallas, Texas. 400 thousands commemorative silver coins (within that, 25,000 coins are reserved for a special set that will be released later this year) will be issued in 2009 in both proof and uncirculated versions to honor the bicentennial birth and achievements of Louis Braille.

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The United States silver dollar coin is probably the most collected silver coin in the world. Usually this would be the Silver Dollar Eagle a 99.99 percent pure silver coin.

Probably the most famous United States silver dollar coin is the 1804 United States, Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle.
This is so rare that not long ago one was sold at auction for over 4 million United States dollars. That is a lot of money for one coin!
There are a few 1804 silver dollars but none were actually minted in 1804. They were …

David Emerson, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee president; and Juan Antonio Samaranch, honorary IOC president for life, unveiled the million dollar coin on the expo’s opening day. It then remained on display at the mint’s booth where visitors were able to view a DVD movie that detailed its fabrication.
“The Royal Canadian Mint is delighted to come to Beijing in the spirit of the Olympic Games to showcase the world’s best and most exclusive gold bullion coin and to show the people of the People’s Republic of …

This is exchanging dollars for pounds, or euros for yen and so on. It has one thing in common with a household cleaning product, though - if you are not careful you can get cleaned out in a hurry trading currencies.

The currency exchange markets are the largest, most volatile and among the most risky forms of trade in the world. Amounts exchanged are large, magnifying small price changes, and the total daily volume is in the range of two trillion dollars. Yes, that’s ‘trillion’… a two followed by twelve zeros!