Tag: Heaton Mint
Continuing the tour of the Heaton Mint’s global output, my collection lands in British East Africa (a currency union that covered modern-day Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika). This coin is a…
My collection returns to the output of the Heaton Mint, but this time we are looking at a coin born during the chaos of the First World War….
Having explored the “White Rajah” territory of Sarawak, my collection now moves slightly north to its neighbour: British North Borneo (modern-day Sabah). While Sarawak was ruled by the Brooke family,…
Following on from the previous post about Rajah Charles Brooke, we move forward in time to the reign of his son, Charles Vyner Brooke. He ruled from 1917 to 1946,…
My collection now takes a journey to the island of Borneo, though the roots of this coin remain firmly planted in Birmingham. This piece belongs to the fascinating…
As I continue to catalogue my collection, I find myself returning to my numismatic roots. Like many, I started collecting as a child, grabbing whatever interesting shapes and…