Straits Settlements 1935 5 cents
The first specimen was lot 24589 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 5 Cents, 1935. London Mint. PCGS MS-66 Gold Shield. A blast white and attractive example of the type, with full cartwheel luster and lovely overall eye appeal." The second specimen was lot 1448 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[2] noted, "STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: George V, 1910-1936, AR 5 cents, 1935, gorgeous satiny luster, a coin with great eye appeal, only half a grade below the highest graded examples by PCGS, PCGS graded MS66+." This type was also struck in 1926. Both dates are common. 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. The Straits Settlements began as a miscellaneous group of trading stations in Southeast Asia and gradually developed into what is now Malaya.
Recorded mintage: 3,000,000 + proofs.
Specification: 1.36 g, 0.600 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-36.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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