Brief History Of British North Borneo Coinage(1877-1941)
Posted by: slang in British North Borneo, History Of CoinageIn 1877-78, the Sultan of Brunei & Sulu who are the overlords of large areas of the Island Of Borneo transferred all their rights in the areas now known as Sabah to Alfred Dent, an English adventurer and is partner, Baron Overback.
Alfred and Baron plus other prominent men form the British North Borneo Company. A Royal Charter was granted to it by Queen Victoria on 7 October 1881. Despite political protests by the Dutch and the Spanish, the British North Borneo Company took over all the trading and territorial rights.
On 17 May 1888, British North Borneo became a British Protectorate, the administration was carried on by the British North Borneo Compan. On 15 July 1946, it became a Crown Colony of Great Britain and the sovereign rights and assets of the British North Borneo Company were transferred to the British Crown. The Island of Labuan was incorporated with British North Borneo.
The coins were minted by Heaton & Sons, Birmingham at intervals from 1882-1941 bearing the H mint mark.
The coinage of the Straits Settlements & the subsequent Malaya and British Borneo were circulated freely in British North Borneo. British North Borneo also had a few of its own bank notes issued.
With the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, British North Borneo was incorporated as on of the States Of Malaysia and its name being changed to Sabah.
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January 29th, 2009 at 2:59 am
Dear Sir,
I am very intersted the coin ofdf North Borneo and hou i can get the money or coin , means i want to buy it as my collection. If you sell houw much each coin and notes.
For your information now i am preparing to write a book about Tenom District 1881 - 2009 ( Tenom History in Pictures ).
Lastly, i ask if i can take your articles to include in my book / refer your web site.
Thank you verry much.
I am waiting for your good reply
January 30th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Dear Jasnie,
Can you try:
-joining your local numismatic club where you can bid during auction or exchange or buy cheaper from other senior members who have extra BNB coins
-go to reliable coin dealers shop
-understand grading,prices,etc properly before going to other places like e-bay,etc to bid
-go physically to Flea markets where coins stalls are often set up but again be careful by learning up the necesary before buying
February 8th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Hello Jasnie, Im also from Tenom and good to know that you are writing a book about Tenom. I have several British North Borneo coins in possession, some dated back from 1863. i hv posted an entry about it in my blog here http://www.timugon.com.
cheers~