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Front of the $2, $10 and $50 Portrait Series notes. 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 by the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (BCCS), whose role was since taken over by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) post-merger.
On 27 June 2007, to commemorate 40 years of currency agreement with Brunei, a commemorative S$20 note was launched; the back is identical to the Bruneian $20 note launched simultaneously. [19] A circulation version of the $20 note can be exchanged at banks in Singapore beginning 16 July 2007, limited to two pieces per transaction.
This made counterfeiting bank notes harder still, at least in the short term, and in 1803 the number of forged bank notes fell to just 3000, compared to 5000 the previous year. [17] Banks asked skilled engravers and artists to help them make their notes more difficult to counterfeit during the same time period, which historians refer to as "the ...
1957 one United States dollar star note (Star precedes serial number) The United States and India [7] use " " in the serial number to mark a replacement banknote. These are known as "star notes". These were also used by Australia until 1972. Canada used " " at the beginning of serial numbers on its replacement banknotes until 1975. They are ...
In July 2015, Singapore's national daily newspaper, The Straits Times, published an e-book titled Guilty As Charged: 25 Crimes That Have Shaken Singapore Since 1965, which included the Nick Leeson case as one of the top 25 crimes that shocked the nation since its independence in 1965. The book was born out of collaboration between the Singapore ...
The old and the new Singapore as seen from an alley behind Boat Quay (2023) Singapore went through some of its most post-war crises in the early 21st century, such as embassies attack plot in 2001, [ 110 ] SARS outbreak in 2003, [ 111 ] H1N1 pandemic in 2009, [ 112 ] and with COVID-19 pandemic in between January 2020 and 2023.
Older Canadian replacement notes are known as asterisk notes because an asterisk preceded the serial number. Modern Canadian replacement notes use a special serial number prefix. Italy reserved the letter X as the first letter of the serial number in replacement notes before adopting the euro. Other countries may use different methods. Reverse
Singapore Portrait Series currency notes; Media in category "Banknotes of Singapore" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. S.