Sarawak 1927-H cent
This specimen was lot 1117 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SARAWAK: Charles V. Brooke, 1917-1946, AE cent, 1927-H. Fiery blotches of reddish-orange tone, finest graded at either PCGS and NGC, PCGS graded Specimen 65RD Secure Holder, ex King's Norton Mint Collection." Sarawak, now a part of Malaysia, was once ruled by a dynasty of white rajahs ending with Charles V. Brooke (ruled 1917-46). The region was devastated by Japanese occupation during World War Two, so the rajah abdicated in favor of direct British rule. This type was struck 1927-30, 1937 and 1941 for the rajah at the Heaton mint in England. The type is common in circulated condition.
Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.
Specification: bronze.
Catalog reference: KM-18. Pridmore-53.
- 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 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
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- 1927-H 20 cents
- 1927-H 50 cents
- 1929-H cent
- Coins and currency dated 1927
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