British North Borneo 1894-H cent

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Goldberg sale 84, lot 3891
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This specimen was lot 3891 in Goldberg sale 84 (Los Angeles, January 2015), where it sold for $182.12. The catalog description[1] noted, "British North Borneo. Cent, 1894H. Supported crest. NGC graded AU-58 Brown." British North Borneo is today known as Sabah and is a state of Malaysia. In the nineteenth century, half cents and cents were issued for the colony by the Heaton Mint. This is a better date.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 9.25 g, bronze, 29.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-2.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 84: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.

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