Sarawak 1913-H 10 cents

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Steve Album sale 16, lot 1565
Sarawak 1913H 10 cents rev SAlbum 16-1565.jpg

This specimen was lot 1565 in Steve Album sale 16 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2013), where it sold for $67.26. The catalog description[1] noted, "SARAWAK: Charles J. Brooke, rajah, 1868-1917, AR 10 cents, 1913-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 five, twenty and fifty cents.

Recorded mintage: 100,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 2.71 g, 0.800 fine silver, .069 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 9.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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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