Straits Settlements 1903 20 cents
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This specimen was lot 1209 in Goldberg Sale 137 (Los Angeles, January 2024), where it sold for $15,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "Straits Settlements. Satin Proof 20 Cents, 1903. Royal mint. Edward VII. Excessively rare. Pop 2; None Finer at NGC. Also one other graded in NGC PF 60. NGC graded Proof 62 Satin. Ex Noble Sale 78, April 5, 2005, lot 5519." This type was struck 1902-03 only. It was reduced to 0.600 fine in 1910, then 0.400 fine in 1918. The Straits Settlements began as a miscellaneous group of trading stations in Southeast Asia and gradually developed into what is now Malaya and Singapore.
Recorded mintage: 1,150,000.
Specification: 5.43 g, 0.800 fine silver, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-22.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, Goldberg Sale 137: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, featuring the Peh Family Collection, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2023.
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