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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 163414, member: 6229"]Yes!! White Raja.In 1886, adventurer Charles J. Brooke happened to visit Borneo during an uprising. He aided the reigning Sultan of Brunei to quell the rebellion. The sultan was so overwhelmed with graditude the area of Sarawak was awarded to Charles. The natives of Sarawak and visitors to the country referred to him as the White Raja. Sir Charles entered into an agreement with Great Britain to make Sarawak a British Protectorate and in '06 contracted with the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, England to mint coinage. Four 80 per cent silver coins were struck, carrying the "H" mintmark: a 5-cent, 10-cent, 20-cent and a 50-cent coin. Charles J Brooke faces left on all coins. Three of the varities were struck, again, in '10, '11, '13 and '15. The 50-cent piece was struck in '09 only. Charles J. died in '17 and his son, Charles V. Brooke became the White Raja in '27. Charles V. coins in denominations of one-half cent, cent, 5-cent, 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins were struck by the Heaton Mint at various years from '20 through '34. Charles V. faces right. During World War II the Japanese occupied Sarawak. They so completely devastated the economy of Sarawak, White Raja Charles V. ceded the colony to Great Britai on July 1, '46. In September of '63 Sarawak joined the Federation of Malaysia. Clinker[/QUOTE]