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Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar

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Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollar: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN Mexican pesoMexican peso 1903–1906 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1903–1906 Singapore dollarSingapore dollar 1967 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1967 Malaysian dollar / ringgitMalaysian dollar / ringgit 1967 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1967 Brunei dollarBrunei dollar 1967 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1967 Straits / Malayan / Malaya–British Borneo dollarStraits / Malayan /Malaya–British Borneo dollar Currency history

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The story

NLB distinguishes the 1952 Malaya–British Borneo board from its 1953 coinage. [1]

NLB identifies the 1967 end of shared issuance and separate Singapore, Malaysian and Brunei currencies. [2]

Turning points

First issue

NLB dates British trade dollars to 1895, Straits notes to 1899, and local Straits dollar coins to 1903. [3]

Multiple currency unification

The Straits dollar displaced Mexican dollars among several circulating silver-dollar currencies. Other trade-dollar inputs remain to be individually traced; 1899 note issue predates the new coin. [4]

Straits dollar fixed to sterling

The 1906 Commons reply records the Straits dollar fixed at two shillings and fourpence sterling. [5]

Authorization

NLB dates the Malayan board to 1938 and legal issue of its new coins to January 24, 1940. [6]

Replaced by

Successor shared issuance. [1]

Sources and evidence

  1. National Library Board, Singapore · History of Singapore’s currency
  2. National Library Board, Singapore · History of Singapore’s currency
  3. National Library Board, Singapore · History of Singapore’s currency
  4. National Library Board, Singapore · History of Singapore’s currency
  5. UK House of Commons, Hansard · Straits Settlements Currency, 26 November 1906
  6. National Library Board, Singapore · History of Singapore’s currency

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