Sarawak 1900-H 5 cents

Steve Album sale 16, lot 1555

This specimen was lot 1555 in Steve Album sale 16 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2013), where it sold for $76.70. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SARAWAK: Charles J. Brooke, rajah, 1868-1917, AR 5 cents, 1900-H, surface hairlines, EF." Sarawak, a British colony on the northwest coast of Borneo, was ruled by a dynasty of white rajahs from 1841 to 1946. This type was issued 1900 and 1908-15 from Heaton. It is reasonably available in low grade but expensive in nice condition. It is accompanied by silver ten, twenty and fifty cents.

Recorded mintage: 200,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 1.35 g, 0.800 fine silver, .034 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 8.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen. Stephen Album Auction 16, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2013.

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