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1000 Dollars - Hassanal Bolkiah Coronation
| Issuer | Brunei Currency Board |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in right-facing profile, wearing traditional Bruneian royal dress including a decorated collar with a star ornament. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The circumferential legend reads 'SULTAN HASSANAL BOLKIAH' arranged around the upper and lower periphery, with 'BRUNEI DARUSSALAM' completing the inscription. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the coronation of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who had technically been head of state since 1967 but whose formal coronation was delayed over a decade — a prolonged interregnum shaped in part by Brunei's complicated transition away from British protection. The 1978 ceremony was an occasion of considerable scale, and the gold coinage produced for it reflected the sultanate's growing confidence as petroleum revenues transformed the country into one of the wealthiest per-capita states in Southeast Asia.
Mintage was extremely limited, as befits a commemorative at this denomination and weight.