East Africa 1920-H 10 cents
This specimen was lot 71379 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "EAST AFRICA. 10 Cents, 1920-H. Heaton Mint. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. KEY DATE to the series struck in copper-nickel. A boldly struck survivor with satiny surfaces and mottled patina." East Africa was an administrative grouping of the British colonies of Kenya, Uganda and British Somaliland. Tanganyika was added in 1919 after it was seized from the Germans. The original currency system was 100 cents = one florin (2 shillings). In 1922, this was changed to 100 cents = one shilling. This meant that the issues of 1920 (cent, 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents and florin) were useless and most were melted down.
Recorded mintage: 700,000 plus a few proofs.
Specification: copper-nickel.
Catalog reference: KM-14.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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