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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rexesq, post: 1242094, member: 5739&quot;]<b>Straits Settlements, Malaya, Malaya and British Borneo, Malaysia</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow man.... that is some amazing prices you got those coins for.... especially the 1927! That could easily be a 50 USD coin on ebay just the way it is, Straits Settlements are some of the most popular, and at times, expensive coins of the British Commonwealth.... yeah I have seen some certified ones that are quite pricey.... my 1891 10 cents is certified, but by Accugrade, a crappy company most would say, but the coin is nice, and that is what matters to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got my 1926 for scrap price, paid around 50 cents years back, I think I paid around $8 bucks for the nice 1935 silver 5 cents, but I bought it at least 6 years ago. I got the 1910 for scrap price too, long ago, before silver was so pricey. The 1921 Half Dollar I paid around $6 bucks for, again around 6 or 7 years ago, and the 1941 10 cents from Malaya I won at a &#039;bid board&#039; auction that my local coin shop does every week, and paid $2.00, again this was 6 years ago. The 1891 10 cents of Victoria from the Straits Settlements I paid $15 for around the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the Malaya 1941 isn&#039;t the last year, however, it is the last year of Malaya 10 cent coins being struck in .750 silver though.... </p><p><b>----------------------------</b></p><p><b>------------</b></p><p><b>----------------------------</b></p><p><b>Info on Malaysian History and money:</b>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;They struck coins as the &#039;Straits Settlements&#039; up untill the name was changed to &#039;Malaya&#039; in 1939. Then they struck coins under the name &#039;Malaya&#039;, 5c and larger were struck in .750&nbsp; silver(75% pure silver) from 1939 - 1941, and in .500 silver(50% pure silver) in 1943 and 1945. Then they continued to strike the same denominations in copper-nickel under the name &#039;Malaya&#039; untill 1950. Then the name was changed to &#039;Malaya and British Borneo&#039; in 1952, which they struck coins of, similar to those of Malaya and the Straits Settlements but in copper-nickel. Then the country finnally became &#039;Malaysia&#039; in 1963. </p><p>Modern day Malaysia consists of &#039;West Malaysia&#039; which is on what is sometimes called the Malay Peninsula, which borders the Kingdom of Thailand to the north, and stretches down to Singapore, and the Straits of Malacca in the South. Malaysia also has two States on the Island of Borneo, these are Sabah and Sarawak. The rest of the Island of Borneo is under Indonesian control.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, we cannot forget that in 1942, during the Second World War, the Japanese overtook and occupied the whole of Malaya and Singapore, commiting horrible acts of brutality during the occupation of the country. My Fiance&#039;s Grandfather was a Malayan Police Officer when the Japanese invaded his country, I don&#039;t know what happened with him during the occupation though, but I know he survived it, unlike alot of unlucky others.</p><p><b>----------------------------</b></p><p><b>------------</b></p><p><b>----------------------------</b></p><p>I have PILES of modern Malaysian coins from my recent trips there, they stopped using the 1 sen coin( I have a bunch of BU ones of the last years saved), so they round everything up or down now when you buy something, with the 5 sen being the smallest denomination, there is also a 10 sen, 20 sen and 50 sen, and then there is the paper currency, 1 Ringgit (MYR) 5 Ringgit, 10 Ringgit, 50 Ringgit, 100 Ringgit.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t taken pics of any of the modern Malaysian coins yet, but I have a few shots of some of their modern paper money, here is a 1 Ringgit note, 1 Ringgit is worth about .30 cents US, but it still has all the safety features you would expect to find on a larger denomination note. I will include a photo. &#039;BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA&#039; is Bahasa Malaysia for &#039;National Bank of Malaysia&#039; and the guy on the note is the first Prime Minister of the country.</p><p>&nbsp;I like the 5 Ringgit notes, they are made out of some kinda polymer or something, and are this light green color, they also have the Petronas Twin Towers on the reverse as well as the Kuala Lumpur international airport. I will post pics in another post after this one.</p><p>Also here are some pics of an AU-Unc. 1961 KN 5 cents coin struck in copper-nickel from &#039;Malaya and British Borneo&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S.: If anyone on here (<b>jello</b>?) would like a couple of modern (2000 - ) AU - Unc. Malaysian coins for their collection.... 10 sen, 20 sen et cetera, I would be happy to send them, free of charge, as long as you live in the States or Canada..... PM me if you are interested and I&#039;ll see what I can do.... I already have nice examples of all of them saved for my personal collection, and I have a bunch of doubles and others I can part with. And I am always happy to give away coins I don&#039;t need to people who do not have any of the type. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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