It was created by Ralph Heaton II, using second-hand coin presses bought from the estate of Matthew Boulton. Matthew Boulton created the Soho Mint around 1788 but the company did not survive. It was on April Fool's Day in 1850 that ...
I represent the E&O Hotel of Penang who is publishing a 192-page book on the history of the hotel. Would you allow us to publish your image of the Straits dollar (back and front) in our book? If so, we would gladly give you a photo credit. ... Rozan Yunos: writes weekly a Sunday historical column called The Golden Legacy for Brunei's national newspaper, The Brunei Times; runs The Daily Brunei Resources blogsite; as well as administers the bruneiresources.com website. ...
