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Latest revision as of 15:52, 24 January 2024
This specimen was lot 1553 in Steve Album sale 16 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SARAWAK: Charles J. Brooke, rajah, 1868-1917, AE ½ cent, 1879, EF." Sarawak, a British colony on the northwest coast of Borneo, was ruled by a dynasty of white rajahs from 1841 to 1946. This type was issued 1870, 1879 and 1896 from London and Heaton. It is common in low grade but expensive in nice condition.
Recorded mintage: 640,000.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM 5.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen. Stephen Album Auction 16, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2013.
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