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Auction: CSS72 - A Collection of South East Asian Coins and Banknotes Part II
Lot: 343

Straits Settlements, 1/2 cent, Calcutta Mint PATTERN or PROOF, 1904, *Royal or Calcutta Mint Proof-only date,
*Believed the only one known in private hands
*Pridmore had never seen an example and assumed that it was a Royal Mint coin. However, the cataloguer believes that this coin was created and struck at the Calcutta Mint, on special instructions of the Foreign and Colonial Office at London,
NGC PF 63 RD, Barrett Collection, Ex-Remick Collection Lot 499. #2007702-006.

Sold for
HK$210,000

Starting price
HK$180000