Information about Straits Settlements King George V5 cents coin price value with complete years and mintage as a reference. The coin struck in silver with a diameter 15mm, weight 1.368g and Cupro-Nickel (1920) with a diameter 20mm, weight 4.00g.
Due to "The Legal Tender (Supplementary) Enactment 1918" issued on August 1918, the issuance of the 5, 10, and 20 cents coins of lower silver (.400 fine) silver content. It proved difficult to produce 5 cents coins of sufficient size and reduced weight to be easily portable. A new 5 cents coin in Cupro Nickel was minted in 1920 and the silver content change to .600 fine after 1920.
Obverse Description: Bust of the King wearing the Imperial crown and an ermine robe with the collar of the Garter; around, GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA; the artist's initials BM on bust truncation.
Reverse Description: At centre within a circle of beads, 5; around, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS FIVE CENTS & Year.
Technical Specifications:
Denomination: 5 cents
Issued by: Straits Settlements
Ruler/Governor: King George V
Year: 1918, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1935
Mint: Bombay Mint, India
Artist: Sir Bertram Mackennal, Great Britain, 1911
Diameter: 15 mm
Thickness:
Weight: 1.368 g
Coin Shape: Round
Composition: 1918-1920 .400 Silver; 1926-1935 .600 Silver
Coin Edge:Milled
References: KM#31
Straits Settlements King George V 5 cents silver price:
| Year | Mintage | Note | V.Fine | E.Fine | Uncirculated | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 3,100,025 | - | 5 | 25 | 125 | - |
| 1919 | 6,900,028 | - | 5 | 25 | 125 | - |
| 1920 | 4,000,031 | - | 500 | 1200 | 7800 | - |
| 1926 | 10,000,000 | - | 2 | 10 | 80 | - |
| 1935 | 3,000,000 | - | 2 | 10 | 80 | - |
*Price in US Dollar
Obverse Description: Bust of the King wearing the Imperial crown and an ermine robe with the collar of the Garter; around, GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA; the artist's initials BM on bust truncation.
Reverse Description: At centre within a circle of beads, 5; around, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS FIVE CENTS & Year.
Technical Specifications:
Denomination: 5 cents
Issued by: Straits Settlements
Ruler/Governor: King George V
Year: 1920
Mint: Bombay Mint, India
Artist: Sir Bertram Mackennal, Great Britain, 1911
Diameter: 20 mm
Thickness:
Weight: 4.000 g
Coin Shape: Round
Composition: Copper Nickel
Coin Edge:Plain
References: KM#34
Straits Settlements King George V 5 cents Cupro Nickel price:
| Year | Mintage | Note | V.Fine | E.Fine | Uncirculated | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 20,000,000 | - | 20 | 100 | 600 | - |
*Price in US Dollar
Straits Settlements King George V coins price:
- King George V 1 dollar
- King George V 50 cents
- King George V 20 cents
- King George V 10 cents
- King George V 1 cent
- King George V 1932 half cent
- King George V 1916 half cent
- 1916 King George V 1/4 cent
