Description
Country or authority: Straits Settlements
Year or date range: 1900
Denomination: 20 cents
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: Queen Victoria
Mint or mintmark: Heaton mint, Birmingham; H below the portrait
Catalogue references: KM# 12
Obverse description: Crowned head of Victoria facing left, hair tied with ribbons. Legend: VICTORIA QUEEN. H mintmark below the neck truncation; denticled border.
Reverse description: Large horizontally hatched 20 within a beaded circle. Surrounding legend: STRAITS SETTLEMENTS · TWENTY CENTS 1900 ·. Denticled outer border.
Description and condition notes: Legends, date and mintmark are clearly readable. Both faces show numerous fine scratches and surface marks, with some smoothing of portrait detail and darker toning near the rims.
