Straits Settlements 1905 50 cents
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This specimen was lot 1365 in Goldberg Sale 139 (Los Angeles, June 2024), where it sold for $114. The catalog description[1] noted, "Straits Settlements. 50 Cents, 1905 (B). Edward VII. Pop 2; 2 in 50; 2 in 55; 2 in 62. PCGS graded EF-45. The Peh Collection Part II." This issue is supposed to have a "B" mintmark (for Bombay) but we can't find it on this specimen. This type was also struck 1902-03, which dates are scarcer. The coin was reduced in weight to 10.1 g for 1907.
Recorded mintage: 498,000.
Specification: 13.57 g, 0.800 fine silver, 31 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 23.
- 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 139: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, featuring the Peh Family Collection, Part II, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2024.
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