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1 Dollar - Edward VII Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Straits Settlements (British Malaysia) |
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| Year | 1907-1909 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1845-1939) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse die is entirely blank, presenting a completely smooth, unadorned field with no design elements, inscriptions, or devices of any kind. This plain reverse is characteristic of an obverse trial piece, wherein only the obverse die was struck to assess the portrait design, leaving the reverse as a featureless, polished surface. |
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| Mintage | ND (1907-1909) - - 1 |
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Trial pieces for the Edward VII dollar of the Straits Settlements were produced as the colonial administration worked through the logistics of shifting silver coinage production — the Straits dollar had been pegged to a fixed exchange rate against sterling since 1906, following years of volatility tied to the global silver price. Obverse trials of this type typically exist in very small numbers, struck to test die alignment, metal flow, and hub fidelity before committing to full production runs at the Bombay or Calcutta mints.
The 1906 currency board arrangement that stabilized the dollar also effectively ended any local discretion over monetary policy, placing it firmly under Colonial Office control.