| Issuer | Straits Settlements |
| Year | 1871-1901 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 5 Cents (0.05) |
| Currency | Dollar (1845-1939) |
| Composition | Silver (.800) |
| Weight | 1.35 g |
| Dimensions | 16.0 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Leonard Charles Wyon |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#10 |
| Obverse description | Crowned bust facing left |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA QUEEN H |
| Reverse description | Denomination within beaded circle, date lower right |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 5 ·FIVE CENTS 1874· |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London,United Kingdom (1810-1975) H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003) |
| Mintage | 1871 - - 62 000 1871 - Proof - 1873 - - 60 000 1874 H - Heaton Mint - 60 000 1876 H - Heaton Mint - 40 000 1877 - - 60 000 1878 - - 260 000 1878 - Proof - 1879 H - Heaton Mint - 100 000 1880 H - Heaton Mint - 90 000 1881 - - 180 000 1881 - Proof - 1882 H - Heaton Mint - 380 000 1882 H - Heaton Mint; Proof - 1883 - - 80 000 1884 - - 440 000 1884 - Proof - 1885 - - 220 000 1885 - Proof - 1886 - - 340 000 1887 - - 440 000 1888 - - 590 000 1889 - - 1 000 000 1889 - Proof - 1890 H - Heaton Mint - 400 000 1890 H - Heaton Mint; Proof - 1891 - - 800 000 1893 - - 440 000 1894 - - 340 000 1895 - - 1 480 000 1896 - - 960 000 1897 - - 320 000 1897 H - Heaton Mint - 440 000 1898 - - 1 200 000 1899 - - 78 000 1900 - - 2 720 000 1900 H - Heaton Mint - 400 000 1901 - - 3 000 000 |
| Catalog ID | 4803693600 |
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