1 Ringgit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Issued to mark the 50th anniversary of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, founded in 1970 as a direct response to the May 13, 1969 racial riots — the university's establishment was explicitly tied to government policy elevating Bahasa Malaysia as the primary medium of instruction in higher education, a politically charged decision in post-riot Malaysia. UKM was the first national university to operate exclusively in Malay, making its founding genuinely contentious at the time.