Catalog
1000 Dollars
| Issuer | Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore |
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| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vignette of a Brahminy Kite in flight; the denomination ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS is superimposed over a silhouette map of Singapore, with the city skyline rendered below in fine intaglio. Serial numbers appear at top centre and lower left, accompanied by the Minister of Finance signature; a watermark panel at right carries the coat of arms above and the numeral $1000 below. The note is executed in purple tones with an intricate guilloche underprint. |
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| Protection description | Lion's head |
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The Board of Commissioners of Currency was established in 1967 when Singapore and Malaysia ended their currency union, and the Orchid series — of which this is the top denomination — was the new nation's first fully independent issue. A $1,000 note at that level implied institutional confidence in Singapore's financial stability at a time when that confidence was anything but guaranteed internationally.
Thomas De La Rue printed the entire Orchid series, and the relationship reflected Singapore's deliberate alignment with British-standard security printing infrastructure during those early years. The watermark remains the primary security feature — modest by later standards, but consistent with De La Rue practice of the period.