Straits Settlements 1917 10 cents

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This ten cent piece is an early date of a type issued for the Straits Settlements during 1916-27. This type was originally 0.600 fine (KM 29, 1916-17), then .400 fine (KM 29a, 1918-20) then back to 0.600 fine (KM 29b, 1925-27). 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: 5,600,000.

Specification: 2.71 g, .600 silver, .052 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 29.

Source:

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

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• 1916 10 cents
• 1917 20 cents
• 1918 5 cents
• 1918 10 cents
• 1927 10 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1917
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