19. FOR SALE: MALAYA AND BRITISH BORNEO 1 DOLLAR 1953

Price: RM 30 (SOLD)

Malaya British Borneo (Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya and British Borneo) 1 Dollar 1953 Banknote for SALE.

Please refer scans for judgements & please ask me if you have any questions. Good for filler and starter.

Shipping & Packaging :

Posdaftar RM2, Poslaju RM6

Contact:

via phone (sms only) - 013 - 714 1165 

via email - mnfadzlyaj@yahoo.com

Payment:

Through Maybank Account

First-come, first-served basis, just shout that you want this and it yours already.

SURPRISE! 1 FREE GIFT for this purchase. The free gift will be revealed 3 days from now if there is still no buyer, or revealed now if already have buyer, whichever comes first.

18. Malaya and British Borneo 1 Dollar 1953

   Hi all, Happy Eid Fitri, Happy Malaysia Day, and Happy Every Day I wish to all of my dearest reader out there.

   This is my collection of 1 Dollar note, bearing the face of probably the most famous queen in numismatic world, Queen Elizabeth. I had no doubt that she, or at least her portrait in this banknote, is beautiful.

   Having dimension of 121mm times 63mm, this note is still in good condition, maybe I can grade it as gEF. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd, it was signed by W.C Taylor in probably 21/3/1953.

    Recently, I spend about 20 minutes examining the back of the note. Surely for me the back of this banknote is beautiful, with all 16 coat of arms spread symmetrically. And for that moment I realized why most collectors pursue only for UNC notes.

   This is my second banknote of this type. Anybody out there still missing this note?

17. Malaysia 20 Cents Error Blank Planchet

photo: Malaysia 20 cent blank planchet

   I bought this piece of error coin two years ago with price of RM10 from a McDonalds franchise manager. He told me that he got a lot of foreign coins in their McDonalds donation box and this coin was one of them. Even he found a Half Cent of Queen Victoria inside the donation box. I wonder if Singaporeans really had foreign coins inside their wallet. Usually they will take only banknotes for donations purpose and the coins will be used for their changes. That is quite not honest. Then, he as the manager will filter the coins by taking out foreign coins.

    The dimension and weight of this coin match the dimension and weight of Malaysia 20 cent. If this error coin is genuine, this is categorized under the blank coin type. There are many types of error coins, such as double strike, wrong planchet, off centering, low strike, off strike, mirror strike and others. From my survey at the Internet, blank coin error coins are the easiest to find compare to other types.

   There are two types of blank coins. The first type is without raised rim on it. In this case, the coin is better called as blank coin, as it never involved in any of the coin minting processes. For the second part is with raised rim on it,blank planchet. A planchet is a blank coin that is ready to be stamped by an engraved die. I think my coin here has raised rim on it. The raised rim on the blank planchet means that the coin has undergone at least one process of coin minting, which is softening process. I think softening process soften the surface of the coins to ease the stamping process later.There is probability the blank planchet escape the pressing section and then bagged for circulation.

   Counterfeiting exist easily because blank coins are easy to copy and produce. There are few tips on how to differentiate between a genuine and a fake one. First, if the blank coins has milled/reeded edge, most probably it is fake, because milling of the edge and stamping usually occur simultaneously for conventional minting. By the way, one of the objectives of reeded edge is to avoid counterfeiting. Second one, usually blank planchet has smooth and shining surfaces. If the surface is rough, maybe someone had sanded and polished the surface of the coin.

  What do you think of my coin here?