I have a Straits Settlement "1 Cent" coin KM#16. It is probbaly a VG/Fine grade . The date on the obverse says 1897 but the Krause book only shows a 1901 .. GDJSMP can you help with this one??? FYI: A coworker gave me old box of foreign coins that his grandmother had and I'm loving looking them up in the Krause book.. My best find yet is a 1934 Panama Balboa in XF condition or better. It is great
You're looking in the wrong Krause my friend. The Standard Catalog of World Coins is in four volumes, and you only have the last one, which covers the 20th/21st Centuries. There are separate volumes for the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. In the 19th Century 3rd Ed. Staits Settlements is listed under Maylasia. A Fine 1897 KM#16 with or without an "H" mintmark (Heaton) is listed at $5. There is a 2005 4th Ed., but I don't have it, or know what price changes, if any, are listed. Yup, for me the research is a lot of fun, especially all the interesting historical bits I pick up in the process.
Krause is starting to list each country separately. For example,Belize is listed separately from British Honduras,Straits Settlements is listed separately from Malaysia,& Newfoundland is listed separately from Canada.However,Krause lists Rhodesia after Rhodesia & Nyasaland,which to me,is not good.I wish that Krause would list the coins of the South African Republic after South Africa.
