Catalog
1 Cent ribbon upwards
| Issuer | Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore |
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| Year | 1986-1990 |
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| Diameter | 15.9 mm |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Singapore occupies the central field, depicting a shield charged with a crescent moon and five stars arranged in a circle, supported by a lion rampant to the left and a tiger rampant to the right, with a ribbon below bearing the national motto 'MAJULAH SINGAPURA'. The date appears below the coat of arms. A multilingual legend surrounds the design, reading 'SINGAPURA' in Latin script at the top, the Tamil script 'சிங்கப்பூர்' to the left, the Chinese characters '新加坡' to the right, and 'SINGAPORE' in Latin script at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | SINGAPURA சிங்கப்பூர் 新加坡 1989 SINGAPORE (Translation: Singapore) |
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The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore — established in 1967 following the dissolution of the common currency arrangement with Malaysia and Brunei — issued this series as the country was accelerating through one of the fastest industrial transitions in Southeast Asian history. By 1986, Singapore's economy had already outpaced the symbolic value of the cent several times over, yet the denomination persisted in circulation through bureaucratic and retail convention rather than any genuine commercial necessity. The 1-cent piece was finally withdrawn from legal tender status in 2002.