The 30th Annual Meeting of the Islamic Development Bank was held in Putrajaya in June 2005 — the first time Malaysia hosted the gathering, which brought together finance ministers and central bank governors from across the 56-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Bank Negara issued this ringgit to mark the occasion, a practice common in Malaysia for significant international financial events hosted on home soil.
Nordic gold — a copper-aluminium-zinc-tin alloy developed in the early 1990s — was adopted by numerous issuers partly for its resistance to counterfeiting by simple electroplating.
The 30th Annual Meeting of the Islamic Development Bank was held in Putrajaya in June 2005 — the first time Malaysia hosted the gathering, which brought together finance ministers and central bank governors from across the 56-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Bank Negara issued this ringgit to mark the occasion, a practice common in Malaysia for significant international financial events hosted on home soil.
Nordic gold — a copper-aluminium-zinc-tin alloy developed in the early 1990s — was adopted by numerous issuers partly for its resistance to counterfeiting by simple electroplating.