Sarawak 1920-H 10 cents KM-16
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This specimen was lot 47610 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "SARAWAK. Copper-Nickel 10 Cents, 1920-H. Birmingham (Heaton) Mint. Charles V. Brooke. PCGS MS-62." Sarawak, a British colony on the northwest coast of Borneo, was ruled by a dynasty of white rajahs from 1841 to 1946. This copper-nickel type was struck 1920, 1927 and 1934; only the proofs are rare. A 1920-H 10 cents (KM 15) struck in silver is rather scarce.
Recorded mintage: 800,000 plus proofs plus 150,000 in silver (KM 15).
Specification: copper-nickel.
Catalog reference: KM-16; Prid-21; Tan-SC17.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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