British North Borneo 1907-H 1/2 cent

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Goldberg sale 117, lot 2469
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This specimen was lot 2469 in Goldberg sale 117 (Los Angeles, September 2020), where it sold for $324. The catalog description[1] noted, "British North Borneo. Half Cent, 1907-H. Practically mint state and quite rare in the top grades. Almost Uncirculated to Uncirculated." 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 the final date for the denomination.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000 + proofs.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM-1.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 117: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

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