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5 Cents - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo |
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| Year | 1953-1961 |
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| Thickness | 0.96 mm |
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| Reverse description | The numeral '5' and the word 'CENTS' are prominently displayed at centre within a beaded inner circle, with the issuer name MALAYA AND BRITISH BORNEO arranged around the upper periphery. The date appears below the central denomination, and the mint mark, where applicable, is positioned beneath the letter 'N' of 'CENTS'. A beaded border frames the entire reverse design. |
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| Mint | Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London,United Kingdom (1810-1975) H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003) KN Kings Norton Metal Company,Birmingham, United Kingdom (1890-1962) |
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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 would never become a single country. Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Brunei shared this coinage despite diverging trajectories almost from the start. Brunei withdrew in 1967; Singapore and Malaysia split their currency in 1967 as well, rendering the board obsolete within a decade of this coin's first minting.
The series ran until 1961 as independence reshaped the region faster than planners anticipated.