Thursday, July 23, 2009

Straits Settlements 1 Dollar 1903 Incused B

British Crown Colony (1867 - 1942)

Straits Settlements 1903 1 Dollar Obverse Good VF

Straits Settlements 1903 1 Dollar Obverse Good VF

Reference: KM# 25

Grade: Good Very Fine

Value: 1 Dollar

26.9500 gram, 0.9000 Silver .7798 oz. ASW, 37mm.

Ruler: Edward VII

Obverse: Crowned bust right

Reverse: Artistic design with circle

Mintage: 15,010,000 pieces.

Collector prefer year 1903 as it's a large dollar (37mm) & harder to find.

SOLD

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Malaya 10 Cents 1943

British Colony Standard Coinage

Malaya 1943 10 Cents Obverse BU


Malaya 1943 10 Cents Reverse BU

Reference: KM# 4a

Grade: Gem Brilliant Uncirculated

Value: 10 Cents

2.7100 gram, 0.5000 Silver 0.0436 oz. ASW

Obverse: Crowned head of King George VI

Reverse: Value within beaded circle

Mintage: 5,000,000 pieces.

A gift from my mentor, tough to find a gem BU grade for this coin, great eye appeal, this is one of the highest grade coin I own.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Straits Settlement 5 Cents 1897 H

British Colony (1867 - 1939)


Straits Settlements 1897 5 Cents Obverse AU58



Straits Settlements 1897 5 Cents Reverse AU58


Reference: KM# 10

Grade: AU58

Value: 5 Cents

1.3600 gram, 0.3000 Silver .0349 oz.

Obverse: Bust of Queen Victoria left

Mintage: 440,000 pieces.

Tough to get this nice for this 5 cents of Queen Victoria, graded by PCGS.

SOLD

Malaysia 10 Cents 1971

Malaysia Constitutional Monarchy

Malaysia 1971 10 Cents Obverse AU

Malaysia 1971 10 Cents Reverse AU

Reference: KM# 3

Grade: About Uncirculated

Value: 10 Cents

2.8200 gram, Copper-Nickel, 19.3 mm.

Obverse: Value

Reverse: Parliment house

Note: Varieties exist.

Mintage: 42,000 pieces.

Krause catalog stated mintage as 42,000 pieces but local catalog stated 32,000 plus pieces. This is a scarce piece of coin as mostly recalled & melted by Bank Negara Malaysia to make new coins.

I've searched myself on a few big bucket of coins and haven't found any, same as my friends & relatives, it's really hard to be found unless bought it from a coin dealer or collector.

Hong Kong 5 Cents 1932

Hong Kong British Colony

Reference: KM# 18

Grade: Choice Brilliant Uncirculated

Value: 5 Cents

1.3577 gram, 0.8000 Silver, 0.0349 oz. ASW

Ruler: George V

Obverse: Crowned bust left

Reverse: English around central Chinese legend

Mintage: Estimated 3,000,000 pieces.

Common coin but good for collection in Choice Brilliant Uncirculated grade.

Congo 10 Francs 1965

Congo Democratic Republic (1960 - 1971)

Congo 1965 10 Francs Obverse UNC

Congo 1965 10 Francs Reverse UNC

Reference: KM# 1

Grade: Uncirculated

Value: 10 Francs

3.2700 gram, Aluminium, 29.8mm.

Obverse: Denomination above date

Reverse: Lion Face

Note: Most recalled and melted.

Mintage: Estimated 100,000,000 pieces.

Uncommon in the sense of grade, harder to find in UNC due to the weather condition & mostly circulated among public. This piece with bag marks & weakly struck at the number zero.