Straits Settlements 1919 10 cents

Steve Album sale 30, lot 984

This specimen was lot 984 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $381.88. The catalog description^[1] noted, "STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: George V, 1910-1935, AR 10 cents, 1919, very noticeable obverse die clash, brilliant luster! NGC graded MS66." This type was originally 0.600 fine (KM 29, 1916-17), then 0.400 fine (KM 29a, 1918-20) then back to 0.600 fine (KM 29b, 1925-27). The Straits Settlements began as a miscellaneous group of trading stations in Southeast Asia and gradually developed into what is now Malaya.

Recorded mintage: 11,500,000.

Specification: 2.71 g, .400 silver, .034 troy oz ASW, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-29a.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

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• 1918 10 cents
• 1919 5 cents
• 1919-B 20 cents
• 1919 dollar
• 1927 10 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1919
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