Malaya 1939 10 cents

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The Straits Settlements began as a miscellaneous group of trading stations in Southeast Asia and gradually developed into what is now Malaya. Coinage for the Straits Settlements ceased in 1935 and that of Malaya began in 1939 with a cent (KM 2), five cents ([[Malaya 1939 5 cents|KM 3), ten cents (shown here) and twenty cents. Coinage ceased in 1950 when the colony was merged with British North Borneo.

Recorded mintage: 10,000,000.

Specification: 2.71 g, .750 silver, .065 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 4.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Straits Settlements 1927 10 cents
• 1932 ½ cent
• Straits Settlements 1935 20 cents
• 1939 5 cents
• 1941-I cent
• Malaya and British Borneo 1957-KN 20 cents
• Malaya and British Borneo 1957-KN 50 cents
• Malaya and British Borneo 1961-KN 10 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1939
• return to coins of Malaya