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1 Dollar - Edward VII Large Type
| Issuer | Government of the Straits Settlements |
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| Year | 1903-1904 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1845-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned and robed effigy of King Edward VII, depicted in high relief with fine portrait detail engraved by George William de Saulles, whose initials 'De S' appear below the truncation. The king wears the Imperial State Crown and an ermine-trimmed coronation robe with ornate jewelled clasps visible at the chest. The circumferential legend 'EDWARD VII KING AND EMPEROR' runs along the upper periphery in raised Latin capitals, flanked by a beaded border on both the inner and outer rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese/Jawi |
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The Straits Settlements dollar was the product of a long-running colonial dispute over monetary control in the Malay Peninsula. For decades, Mexican pesos and various trade dollars circulated freely across the region, frustrating British attempts to impose a unified currency. The colonial government's own dollar, first issued in 1895, was an effort to displace that foreign silver — with limited initial success.
The 1903–1904 issues represent the final years of the large-format dollar before the type was reduced in 1907 to discourage melting and arbitrage driven by silver price fluctuations in the London market.