Straits Settlements 1886 50 cents
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This specimen was lot 1509 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $595. The catalog description[1] noted, "STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Victoria, 1867-1901, AR 50 cents, 1886, PCGS graded AU50." This type was struck 1886-1901 and is scarce in all grades, unlike the smaller denominations.
Recorded mintage: 60,000 + proofs, a rare date.
Specification: 13.58 g, 0.800 fine silver, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-13.
- 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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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