Is There A Story About This 1845 Straits Settlement 1c?

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CoinHuntingDrew Pillar of the Community United States 4932 Posts	Posted 08/02/2015 12:12 pm http://www.ebay.com/itm/STRAITS-SET...em3aaf085975 I just noticed this one floating around on ebay, and being an American I've never seen this coin before. The reverse design is quite similar to the reverse designs of US Large Cents. Is there any relevance with Americans and Southeast Asia circa 1845? Report this Post to the Staff

thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 08/02/2015 1:15 pm No link whatsoever to America. Pure British Empire in the good old days when we ruled the world. Edited by thai-vic 08/02/2015 1:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Pacificoin Pillar of the Community Canada 5394 Posts	Posted 08/02/2015 2:43 pm Just a regular issue coin from the time. Not at all connected to the USA during that time time period. The U.S. Was little more than a mouse on the world stage back then, hardly the super power of today. Report this Post to the Staff
nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 08/02/2015 11:35 pm Words and a wreath are the single most common coin design of the 19th and earlier 20th centuries, and there's only so many ways to put those two elements together. Report this Post to the Staff
paxbrit Pillar of the Community United States 992 Posts	Posted 08/05/2015 11:23 pm It's the first issue for the Straits Settlements, British Singapore, by the East India Company. It replaced the Indian Rupee, in order to facilitate trade. Southeast Asia, in the Chinese economic sphere, used the Mexican and Spanish Peso, divided into 100 centavos or cents. I believe they were minted in Bombay. American traders relied heavily on Spanish and Mexican silver. Report this Post to the Staff
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