Straits Settlements 1891 Queen Victoria Gold Proof Coins
Posted by slang on September 2, 2009
Gold proof coins of the Straits Settlements are very rare commodities.
Take for example the following:
This is the Straits Settlements Gold Proof Set (Lot 909 of 1954 from the famous coin collector-King Farouk Sotheby Auction). It was realised at £110 at that time. However it was sold by Private Sale at S$360,000 in 2005 by United Numismatic Centre,Singapore.(source:http://www.uncspore.com/news.html)






