Five Cents, Coin Type from Sarawak (showing photos)

Five Cents, Coin Type from Sarawak (issued 1900 - 1920)

Coin Type	Five Cents

During the Japanese occupation of Sarawak in World War II, the occupiers melted down most of the silver coinage they could find. Much of the silver coming now on the market was used as ornaments. In some cases coins may have been buried with the dead and show small solder marks or (filled) holes. The coins were coated with a purple die when buried with the dead.

Obverse
Effigy of the monarch, legend.

Obverse Inscription

Reverse

Reverse Inscription

Edge	Milled	Edge Inscription	None

Notes

References to additional information:

[Book] Saran, Singh. The Encyclopaedia of the Coins of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, 1400-1967. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Malaysia Numismatic Society, 1986. pp 351-372.
[Book] Kavanagh, Kevin F. 1969. The Coins of Malaysia, pp 65-73
[Book] Remick, Jerome. 1971. British Commonwealth Coins, pp 489-492

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Coin Type: Five Cents - (8) Coins

Coin Name	Reverse	Obverse	Details
Five Cents 1900			Material: 0.800 Silver Mint: Heaton and Sons (Birmingham Mint) Mintage: 200,000
Five Cents 1908			Material: 0.800 Silver Mint: Heaton and Sons (Birmingham Mint) Mintage: 40,000
Five Cents 1911			Material: 0.800 Silver Mint: Heaton and Sons (Birmingham Mint) Mintage: 40,000
Five Cents 1913			Material: 0.800 Silver Mint: Heaton and Sons (Birmingham Mint) Mintage: 100,000
Five Cents 1915			Material: 0.800 Silver Mint: Heaton and Sons (Birmingham Mint) Mintage: 100,000
Five Cents 1920 (Silver)			Material: 0.500 Silver Mint: Heaton and Sons (Birmingham Mint) Mintage: 100,000
Five Cents 1920 (CuproNickel)			Material: CuproNickel Mint: Heaton and Sons (Birmingham Mint) Mintage: 400,000
Five Cents 1927			Material: CuproNickel Mint: Heaton and Sons (Birmingham Mint) Mintage: 600,000

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Five Cents: Details

Country	Sarawak
Currency	Sarawak Dollar
Sub-types	Five Cents (Silver) Five Cents (Debased Silver) Five Cents (CuproNickel)
From	1900
To	1920
Face Value	5 (x Cent)
Current	No (demonetised 1953)
Material
Designer
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Size
Mass

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Five Cents: Photos

Image	Details
	SARAWAK, Charles Vyner Brooke (1917-1946), silver five cents, 1920H Copyright: Noble Numismatics Source
	Cn 5 cent, Birmingham, 1927 Copyright: American Numismatic Society / CC BY NC Source
	SARAWAK, Charles Vyner Brooke (1917-1946), silver five cents, 1920H Copyright: Noble Numismatics Source
	Cn 5 cent, Birmingham, 1927 Copyright: American Numismatic Society / CC BY NC Source

Five Cents, Coin Type from Sarawak - detailed information