Straits Settlements 1919 5 cents

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This five cent piece is billon version of a denomination issued for the Straits Settlements until 1935. This denomination was originally 0.800 fine (KM 20, 1902-03), then 0.600 fine (KM 20a, 1910), then 0.400 fine (KM 31, 1918-20), then copper-nickel (KM 34, 1920), then back to 0.600 fine. This date is common in all grades. The Straits Settlements began as a miscellaneous group of trading stations in Southeast Asia and gradually developed into what is now Malaya.

Recorded mintage: 6,900,000.

Specification: 1.36 g, 0.400 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 31.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1918 5 cents
• 1919 10 cents
• 1919-B 20 cents
• 1919 dollar
• 1920 copper-nickel 5 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1919
• return to coins of the Straits Settlements