View source for Straits Settlements 1902 10 cents

[[Image:Str Setts 1902 10 cents obv Heritage 3010-23181.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3010, part of lot 23181]]
[[Image:Str Setts 1902 10 cents rev Heritage 3010-23181.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was part of lot 23181 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $230. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "A Mixed Nine Coin Grouping: 1/4 Cent 1898; Cent 1897; 10 Cents 1902 (two pieces); 20 Cents 1898; 50 Cents: 1898, 1903, and 1921 (two pieces). Coins grade Fine-AU. A Lot to be carefully studied." This ten cent piece is from a type issued for the [[Straits Settlements]] 1902-03. This type was issued 1909-10 in .600 fine silver (KM 21a). This date is common in circulated condition. The Straits Settlements began as a miscellaneous group of trading stations in Southeast Asia and gradually developed into what is now Malaya.

''Recorded mintage:'' 6,118,000.

''Specification:'' 2.71 g, .800 silver, .052 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 21.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 42nd ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, ''Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

''Link to:''
* [[Straits Settlements 1901 cent|1901 cent]]
* [[Straits Settlements 1902 5 cents|1902 5 cents]]
* [[Straits Settlements 1902 50 cents|1902 50 cents]]
* [[Straits Settlements 1904-B dollar|1904 dollar]]
* [[Straits Settlements 1908 50 cents|1908 50 cents]]
* [[Straits Settlements 1910-B 10 cents|1910-B 10 cents]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1902]]
* return to coins of the [[Straits Settlements]]

[[Category: Silver dimes of the world]][[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3010]]