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1 Ringgit / Dollar - Hassanal Bolkiah Independence
| Issuer | Brunei Currency and Monetary Board |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | Uniformed bust of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah facing slightly left, depicted in full military dress adorned with epaulettes, medals, and decorations. The Sultan wears a traditional Bruneian ceremonial cap. The legend SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH curves along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail, occupying the central field of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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Brunei's 1984 independence from Britain — after nearly a century as a protected state — made the country one of the last Southeast Asian nations to sever formal colonial ties. The Currency and Monetary Board had been issuing coins since 1967, but post-independence issues like this one carry the sultan's effigy under full sovereign authority rather than the constrained status of the protectorate period. Hassanal Bolkiah remains the world's longest-reigning absolute monarch still in power, having ruled since 1967.