Singapore 1974 5 cents

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by Singapore in 1967-85. Singapore, today an independent city-state, was until 1948 part of the British colony of the Straits Settlements. It left the Federation of Malaysia in 1965 and commenced coinage in 1967.

Recorded mintage: 10,868,000 plus 1,500 proofs.

Specification: copper-nickel, 16.25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1971 5 cents
• 1975 500 dollars, 10th Anniversary of Independence
• 1995 5 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1974
• return to coins of Singapore