1889 Victoria Straits Settlements Silver 20 Cents

Obverse
1889 Victoria Straits Settlements Silver 20 Cents (Obverse)

Reverse
1889 Victoria Straits Settlements Silver 20 Cents (Reverse)

Type Details
Country:  Straits Settlements 
Period:  British colony, Queen Victoria 
Face value:  20 Cents 
Dates:  From 1871 to 1901 
Purpose:  Circulation 
 
Obverse:  Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left 
Legend:  VICTORIA QUEEN 
 
Reverse:  Value within beaded circle 
Legend:  STRAITS SETTLEMENTS TWENTY CENTS 20 
 
Edge:  Reeded 
 
Designer(s) / Engraver(s): 
  Leonard Charles Wyon 
 
Catalogue:  KM# 12 

Currency
Unit:  Straits Dollar 
System:  Decimal 
 
Fractions:  100 Cents = 1 Dollar
 
Mint Marks: 
H - Heaton & Sons, Birmingham, England
W - Soho Mint, Handsworth, West Midlands, England
B - Bombay, India

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Issue
Year: 
1889 
Mintage:  420,000 
Scarcity: 
 (URS20)
Valuation: 

Specifications
Total Weight:  5.4300g (0.17 Oz)  
Composition:  Silver 
Fineness:  0.8000 
Silver Content:  4.34g (0.14 Oz)  
Silver Value:  $5.66 
Alignment: 
Medal 
Diameter:  23.80mm 

Value Range
Year Mintage G F VF EF AU UNC BU PF
1889 420,000 $8.80 $11.50 $16.50 $44.50 $79 $140
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