Sarawak 1920-H cent

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3234

This specimen was lot 3234 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $77.35. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SARAWAK: Charles V. Brooke, 1917-1946, cent, 1920-H, one-year type, lightly toned, NGC graded MS63." 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.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000, somewhat scarce.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM-12.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

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