British North Borneo 1904-H cent

from the Mountain Groan Collection

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 type was struck 1904, 1921, 1935, 1938 and 1941. The 1938 is the most common but no dates are rare.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 3.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3026, World & Ancient Coins, featuring the RLM Collection, Part Two, the Nogales Collection and the Goetz Medals Die Archive, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

Link to:

• 1894-H cent
• 1903-H 2½ cents
• 1907-H ½ cent
• Coins and currency dated 1904