Thursday, August 26, 2010

Portrait Series

     The Portrait Series of currency notes is the fourth and current set of notes to be issued for circulation in Singapore. It was first introduced on 9 September 1999. 
     This series features the portrait of Encik Yusof bin Ishak, the first president of Singapore.[1] The design has been simplified and a whole range of new security features were introduced. Polymer versions of this series were released for general circulation by MAS as of 4 May 2004.

    This $2 note is to commenmorate the celebration of the Millennium 2000, only five million pieces of the $2 banknote were printed with the Millennium 2000 logo replacing the prefix of the serial number normally found in other notes under general circulation.  For all enquiries, please email me at sg.rarenotes@gmail.com.





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On 16 July 2007, the $20 special commenmorative note was issued to commenmorate the 40th anniversary of the Currency Interchangeability Agreement (since 12 June 1967) between Singapore and Brunei.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





























US dollar notes

These are the few US dollar notes that I have.





















































Special Commemorating Series(21/4/2011 updated)

This special $50 polymer was issued on 25 years of independence on or about 9th August 1990.














This $25 commemorative note was issued on 10 May 1996 in conjunction with the celebration of 25th Anniversary of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).






















This is the 1959 One dollar($1) Malaya & British Borneo Bank note signed by Tun Lee Hau Shik.
















The Malaya and British Borneo dollar (known as the ringgit in Malay, Jawi:رڠڬيت) was the currency of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei from 1953 to 1967.

All notes bear the date 21 March 1953, and signed by W.C. Taylor, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioner of Currency. The 1, 5 and 10 dollar notes were printed by Waterlow and Sons, the 50 and 100 dollar notes were printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. and the 1,000 and 10,000 dollar notes were printed by Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd.. As a safeguard against forgery, a broken security thread and the watermark of a lion's head were incorporated in the paper before printing.







On 27 June 2007, Singapore and Brunei celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Currency Interchangeability Agreement (since 12 June 1967) by joint-issuing commemorative $20 notes



The two diffferent front view of the $20.








Full orchid Series

The Orchid Series of currency notes is the earliest to be issued for circulation in Singapore. Issued in the years 1967 to 1976, it has nine denominations.



Each note has an orchid design in the centre of the note's front, the orchid being the national flower of Singapore.





                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                  







                                                                           

Friday, August 13, 2010

Brunei Series(18/11/2011 updated)

Here is the Brunei Series. Interested parties and collectors, may contact me with a reasonable bid.