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The obverse is dominated by an intaglio portrait of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Rahman in three-quarter view, positioned right of centre within a guilloche oval frame, dressed in traditional royal regalia and songkok. The legend "BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA" runs in bold letterpress across the upper register, with the Malay legal tender clause and the denomination "SERATUS RINGGIT" occupying the centre field. A multicolour underprint of teal and pink floral and geometric guilloche patterns fills the note, with the numeral "$100" in blue at lower left. |
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The reverse presents a large intaglio vignette of Masjid Negara (National Mosque) in Kuala Lumpur, its characteristic folded-roof pavilion and slender minaret rendered in fine engraved line work against a lightly wooded background, set within a predominantly blue-violet colour scheme. A colour vignette of hibiscus blooms (bunga raya, the national flower) appears at lower right, providing warm contrast to the cool ground tones. The denomination numeral "100" is bold at lower left, with "$100" at upper right, and a guilloche medallion incorporating a deer motif occupies the upper left. |
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The P#32 series was introduced as Malaysia consolidated its third post-independence definitive series, with the RM100 note serving heavy commercial use throughout the 1990s — a period of sustained GDP growth that pushed demand for high-denomination currency sharply upward. Thomas De La Rue had been printing Malaysian currency since independence, and the relationship was uninterrupted through this entire issue run.
Notes from the later end of the date range, particularly 1996–1998, entered circulation just as the Asian financial crisis hit. The ringgit lost roughly 40% of its value against the dollar between mid-1997 and early 1998, and capital controls imposed by Bank Negara in September 1998 effectively froze the note in domestic circulation almost overnight.