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10 Cents - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo |
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| Year | 1953-1961 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The numeral '10' in large, bold, horizontally-lined relief dominates the central field, with the word 'CENTS' inscribed below, all enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The circular legend 'MALAYA AND BRITISH BORNEO' arcs around the upper periphery, while the date appears at the base between two ornamental stops, with the mint mark 'H' positioned just above the date. A secondary beaded border separates the legend from the milled outer edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | MALAYA AND BRITISH BORNEO 10 CENTS H 1961 |
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The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo was itself a political compromise — a joint monetary authority created in 1952 to serve territories that were rapidly diverging in their constitutional trajectories. Malaya was moving toward independence (achieved in 1957), while British Borneo remained under varying degrees of Crown control. A single currency board issuing coins for both was already an administrative fiction by the time this series entered circulation.
The arrangement collapsed in 1967 when Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei each went their separate monetary ways, rendering this entire series obsolete within a decade of its first striking.