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1897 Straits Settlement 5c

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Nffc372 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 05/24/2023 1:56 pm Hi There, Rather new to the coin collecting. Came across this coin in a bag of old coins at my parents house. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Apologies if the picture is not great, first attempt at posting. Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 81404 Posts	Posted 05/24/2023 2:41 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 51681 Posts	Posted 05/24/2023 2:48 pm https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15528.html John1 ( I'm no pro, it's just my humble opinion ) Searched 6.5 +/- Million Cents Since 1971 Report this Post to the Staff
cointagous Pillar of the Community United States 741 Posts	Posted 05/24/2023 3:10 pm John's link will help you a lot. Looks to have been minted at the Heaton mint as that is the H below Queen Victoria. Report this Post to the Staff
Nffc372 New Member Topic Starter United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 05/24/2023 3:30 pm Thanks for the speedy responses. Found it rather bizarre to come across this coin in a bag that largely just held old pennies and various other old UK coins. Would there be any significance to the fact it was minted at the Heaton mint? Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 128395 Posts	Posted 05/24/2023 4:28 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 My Avatar My Old Avatar My 7070 My Eisenhower Dollars CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 15412 Posts	Posted 05/24/2023 8:17 pm Quote: Would there be any significance to the fact it was minted at the Heaton mint? Not really, no. Heaton Mint made a lot of coins for the colonies. As you can see from the table on the page John1 linked to above, 1897 coins were struck in both London and Heaton, and the mintages from Heaton and from London are about the same. Their catalogue values are the same, as can be seen on the NGC database. In terms of value, it's probably about a US$30 coin. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Nffc372 New Member Topic Starter United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 05/25/2023 12:57 am Incredible to think that a little coin like this is worth 30$ today. Really appreciate the help here. Now to go see if I have any other gems in my coin bags Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2485 Posts	Posted 05/26/2023 03:17 am $30 seems a bit on the high side to me. I do buy these sort of coins and in that condition, on eBay, it's really in the £5-£10 range. Report this Post to the Staff
publius Pillar of the Community United States 782 Posts	Posted 06/08/2023 7:00 pm These Straits Settlements coins ended up circulating widely in Western Canada, and it became a political problem, because they were worth considerably less than the (very similar-looking) Canadian equivalent coin, and the banks wouldn't take them. Report this Post to the Staff
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