Straits Settlements 1875-W cent
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This specimen was lot 1499 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Victoria, 1867-1901, AE cent, 1875-W, very scarce mint mark and a lovely quality example with traces of original mint red! NGC graded MS64 BN. Struck by James Watt & Co., Soho Mint, Birmingham." The type was struck in 1872-78 and 1883 after the Straits Settlements were made a separate crown colony and this date is scarce. It was converted to bronze for the 1884 issue (KM 9a) and given a reeded edge for the 1889 issue (KM 16).
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: 9.3 g, copper, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-9.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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