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''Recorded mintage:'' 2,140,000 plus proofs.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 2,140,000 plus proofs.
  
''Specification:'' copper.  
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''Specification:'' 9.33 g, bronze, 29.2 mm diameter, plain edge.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM-6; Tan-SC8.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM-6; Tan-SC8.  
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* [[Sarawak 1886 cent|1886 cent]]
 
* [[Sarawak 1886 cent|1886 cent]]
* [[Sarawak 1891-H cent|1891-H cent]]
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* [[Sarawak 1889 cent|1889 cent]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1888]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1888]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale]]
 
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale]]

Latest revision as of 11:29, 20 October 2025

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72754
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This specimen was lot 72754 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $576. The catalog description[1] noted, "SARAWAK. Cent, 1888. Charles J. Brooke. NGC MS-63 Brown. The piece exhibits a good solid strike with attractive satiny surfaces and a nice cartwheel effect. The surfaces are encompassed with lovely mottled chocolate and mocha patina." This denomination was struck 1870, 1879-91 without hole, 1892-97 with hole. No silver coins were issued until 1900.

Recorded mintage: 2,140,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 9.33 g, bronze, 29.2 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-6; Tan-SC8.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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