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Auction: CSS72 - A Collection of South East Asian Coins and Banknotes Part II
Lot: 344

Straits Settlements, 20 cents, Royal Mint satin finish silver VIP PROOF, 1903, Royal Mint satin or matte proofs were sometimes cleaned by collectors as they did not understand the newly introduced matte (in 1902) and satin (1 in 1902/1903) special surfaces and believed that with cleaning they would become brilliant!

NGC Census and Coin Archive Information

NGC: PF Details (This coin), PF 62
PCGS reports grading no proofs/specimens.

NGC PROOF AU DETAILS "Surface hairlines". (NGC Cert # 3277407-013). Excessively rare
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Sold for
HK$110,000

Starting price
HK$95000