Owner Comments:
Curaçao/Suriname - KM #40 - 1943 (P) 5 Cents - Total Mintage: 8,595,000
Curaçao: 500,000 minted in 1943
Curaçao: 1,500,000 minted in 1944 (dated 1943)
Suriname: 6,595,000 minted in 1944 (dated 1943)
Obverse: Orange branch within circle "KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN" (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Reverse: Date divided by denomination within shells and beads.
The coin does not bear either a palm tree privy mark or a mint mark, but it was struck for use in Curaçao and Suriname by the Philadelphia mint during World War II while The Netherlands was occupied by Germany. The homeland type of KM#153 was last issued in the Netherlands in 1940.
This particular specimen is the finest known by either NGC or PCGS. It had originally been mislabeled as a coin of The Netherlands instead of Curaçao. NGC did however fix this error for free.
Date acquired: 10/29/2014 (Already graded by NGC)
Rev. 12/5/2018