Straits Settlements 1883 5 cents

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 1500

This specimen was lot 1500 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $228. The catalog description^[1] noted, "STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Victoria, 1867-1901, AR 5 cents, 1883, much better date, Fine." The type was struck in 1871-1901 after the Straits Settlements were made a separate crown colony and this date is scarce. Proofs exist.

Recorded mintage: 80,000, a scarce date.

Specification: 1.36 g, 0.800 fine silver, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-10.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1881 5 cents
• 1883 ½ cent
• 1883 cent
• 1883 10 cents
• 1883-H 10 cents
• 1888 5 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1883