This is almost the holy grail for any serious Malaysian coin collector. The hold grail would be the Malaysian 1976 1 cent copper coin and NOT the copper clad steel. The difference is that copper is not attracted to magnet.
Coming back to our current topic, there are 3 versions or varieties of the Malaysian 1971 10 cents Parliamentary coin, famously known as V1, V2 and V3. Total mintage is 32,236. Why such low mintage? No one really knows but there are many speculations out there and they remains as such, speculations.
Minted in the Shah Alam Royal Mint in Batu Tiga.
Copper Nickel, weight 2.82 g, diameter 19.4 mm and thickness 1.2 mm. Rarity is at RRR (Extremely Rare).
Engraver/Designer is Geoffrey Colley. His Intial "GC" can be seen at the bottom right of the parliament building.
Minted in the Shah Alam Royal Mint in Batu Tiga.
Copper Nickel, weight 2.82 g, diameter 19.4 mm and thickness 1.2 mm. Rarity is at RRR (Extremely Rare).
Engraver/Designer is Geoffrey Colley. His Intial "GC" can be seen at the bottom right of the parliament building.
V2 (Milled edge) being the more easier to obtain and most in quantity. It looks almost proof like due to its shining surface. On the reverse, there is a small 'dot', "MAL•AYSIA".
V1 and V3 are Die variety, i.e. it is darker and looks dimmed. Beveled edge.
The difference between V1 and V3 is that V3 has a "step" in the inner circle of the number "0" of 10 cent denomination.
In my collection, V2. You can see the polished like surface
UNC condition
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