Issuing authority
Straits Settlements
British colonial territory issuing dollar coinage and government notes.
- Kind
- colony
- Region
- Southeast Asia, Asia
- Recorded period
- 1826 – 1946
Succeeded by Malayan and Singaporean issues.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
14
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
14 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1845 – 1919
14 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (14)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Cent for the Straits Settlements, Queen Victoria, in the name of the English East India Company (EIC), 1845
1845
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left. Reverse: between two tied branches, in two lines, value indication: 'one cent'. Legend: 'East India Company' with year at the bottom. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4074; its record gives material recorded as cop…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Queen Victoria, English, in the name of the English East India Company (EIC), Straits Settlements, 1/4 cent, 1845
1845
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left. Reverse: between two tied branches, value designation in two lines: 1/4 cent. As legend: East India Company with the date at the bottom. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4076; its record gives material recorded as…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Queen Victoria, English, in the name of the English East India Company (EIC), Straits Settlements, ½ cent, 1845
1845
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left. Reverse: between two tied branches, in two lines, value indication: 'half cent'. Legend: 'East India Company' with year at the bottom. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4075; its record gives material recorded as co…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
½ cent from the Straits Settlements of Queen Victoria, 1872
1872
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left. Reverse: within beaded circle, value designation: 1/2. In legend at the bottom, value designation: half cent with the date to the right of it. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4080; its record gives material record…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Straits Settlements, Queen Victoria, 1/4 cent, 1884
1884
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left. Reverse: within beaded circle, value designation: 1/4. In legend at the bottom, value designation: quarter cent with the date to the right of it. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4082; its record gives material rec…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
50 cents from the Straits Settlements of Queen Victoria, 1891
1891
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left. Reverse: within beaded circle, value indication: "50". In circumscription at the bottom, value indication: "fifty cents" with year to the right of it. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4082B; its record gives mater…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
20 cents from the Straits Settlements, Queen Victoria, 1895
1895
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left. Reverse: within a beaded circle, value indication: 20. In the lower legend, value indication: 'twenty cents' with the year to its right. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4082E; its record gives material recorded a…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Straits Settlements, Queen Victoria, 5 cents, 1895
1895
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left. Reverse: within a beaded circle, value indication: 5. In the lower legend, value indication: 'five cents' with the year to its right. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4082G; its record gives material recorded as s…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Straits Settlements, Queen Victoria, 10 cents, 1900
1900
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left. Reverse: within a beaded circle, value indication: 10. In the lower legend, value indication: 'ten cents' with the year to its right. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4082H; its record gives material recorded as s…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Cent from the Straits Settlements of Edward VII, 1903
1903
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned bust of King and Emperor Edward VII facing right. Reverse: within a beaded circle, denomination: 1. In the inscription at the bottom, denomination: one cent, to the right of which the year. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5954; its record gives mat…
Partial type record
5snake5
modern coins
Straits Settlements dollar
Colonial period
The Straits Settlements dollar was a silver coin issued for the British Crown colony of the Straits Settlements, which encompassed territories including Singapore, Penang, and Malacca. First minted in 1903 under the auspices of the Board of Commissioners of Currency, the coin provided a dedicated official unit for t…
Partial type record
Bank Note Museum via Numista
banknotes
50 Dollars, Straits Settlements, 1916–1927 (Pick 12)
1916-1927
This 50 Dollars note was issued in Straits Settlements, with dates recorded from 1916–1927. It belongs to the Dollar (1845-1939) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: George V (1910-1936). It measures 203 × 127 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money l…
Partial type record
HVB Stiftung Geldscheinsammlung München via Numista
banknotes
25 Cents, Straits Settlements, 1917 (Pick 7)
1917
This 25 Cents note was issued in Straits Settlements, dated 1917. It belongs to the Dollar (1845-1939) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: George V (1910-1936). It measures 110 × 76 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 7. O…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
banknotes
Banknote of the Straits Settlements to the value of 0.10 dollar
1919-10-14 - 1946
Inscription, recto, printed: ‘14th October 1919./ THOS. DE LA RUE & Co Ltd LONDON.’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as RP-F-00-11935(R); its record gives material recorded as paper; technique lithography; measurements height 62 mm x width 109 mm.
Partial type record
Entries by catalogue category
- Modern World Coins11
- Banknotes3
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Dated entries by century
- 19th century9
- 20th century5
Only the 14 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Copper6
- Silver4
- Paper3
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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