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10 Sen - Omar Ali Saifuddin III
| Issuer | Brunei |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Value | 10 Sen |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing uniformed effigy of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III, depicted wearing a military peaked cap adorned with a small badge, and a collared uniform with epaulettes visible at the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the facial features and headdress. The circular legend reading SULTAN OMAR ALI SAIFUDDIN III, punctuated by a raised dot, runs along the upper and lower periphery of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | SULTAN OMAR ALI SAIFUDDIN III · |
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Brunei's 1967 coinage series was issued in the final years of Omar Ali Saifuddin III's reign — he abdicated in October 1967 in favor of his son Hassanal Bolkiah, making this among the last issues to carry his effigy. The abdication was voluntary and largely unprecedented in the region, driven in part by the Sultan's desire to redirect political pressure following Brunei's decision not to join the Malaysian Federation in 1963.
That 1963 refusal, grounded in disputes over oil revenue sharing and political representation, is the direct reason Brunei retained its own currency infrastructure at all.