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One Straits one dollar banknote from 1935One Straits one cent coin from 1920
The Straits dollar was the currency of the Straits Settlements from 1898 until 1939.[1] At the same time, it was also used in the Federated Malay States, the Unfederated Malay States, Kingdom of Sarawak, Brunei, and British North Borneo.
^Linzmayer, Owen (2013). "Straits Settlements". The Banknote Book. San Francisco, CA: www.BanknoteNews.com.
The Straitsdollar was the currency of the Straits Settlements from 1898 until 1939. At the same time, it was also used in the Federated Malay States,...
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it realised for the same reason it could not replace the silver dollar in the Straits Settlements with the Indian rupee (as the British East India Company...
ringgit. The various dollars introduced in the 19th century were itself derived from the Spanish dollar: the Straitsdollar, Sarawak dollar and the British...
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shillings and 4 pence) — the same as the new Straitsdollar that was issued in that same year. As in the Straits Settlements, all foreign coinage was outlawed...
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