Straits Settlements, 1/2 cent, Calcutta Mint PATTERN or PROOF, 1904, *Royal or Calcutta Mint Proof-only date,*Believed the only one known in private hands*Pridmore had never seen an example and assumed that it was a Royal Mint coin. However, the cataloguer believes that this coin was created and struck at the Calcutta Mint, on special instructions of the Foreign and Colonial Office at London,NGC PF 63 RD, Barrett Collection, Ex-Remick Collection Lot 499. #2007702-006.