Sarawak 1920-H 10 cents KM-15

Steve Album sale 16, lot 1575

This specimen was lot 1575 in Steve Album sale 16 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SARAWAK: Charles V. Brooke, rajah, 1917-1946, AR 10 cents, 1920-H, one year type, 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 1920 only from Heaton. It is rather scarce as Sarawak converted to a copper-nickel ten cents (KM 16) that same year. Billon five (KM 13) and twenty cents (KM 17) were also issued in 1920.

Recorded mintage: 150,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 2.71 g, 0.400 fine silver, .035 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 15.

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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• 1920-H cent
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• 1920-H 10 cents, copper-nickel
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• 1934-H 10 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1920
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