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1 Dollar - Victoria Trial Strike
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1865 |
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| Diameter | 38 mm |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | ND (1865) - Km#Pn118; Similar to KM#Pn94 - 1865 - KM#Pn117; - 1865 - KM#PnA117; Copper - |
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These 1865 trial strikes were produced by the Royal Mint in London as part of an extended effort to develop a unified British colonial dollar — a single silver currency intended to circulate across Britain's Asian and Pacific possessions and compete directly with the Spanish and Mexican eight reales that dominated regional trade at the time. The project ultimately stalled, partly due to resistance from Hong Kong merchants already comfortable with existing circulating types.
The multiple pattern references reflect distinct die pairings tested that year. None entered circulation.