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1000 Ringgit
| Issuer | Bank Negara Malaysia |
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| Year | 1968-1976 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Rahman, in full royal regalia at right, set against a fine guilloche underprint in purple. The denomination SA-RIBU RINGGIT is printed in large letters at centre, with a framed bilingual text panel above reading the note's legal tender inscription. The serial number appears twice — in the upper left panel and at lower right — with the Governor's facsimile signature and title below centre. |
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| Reverse description | Vignette of the Malaysian Parliament complex rendered in fine intaglio line work, with a multi-arched bridge in the foreground spanning a broad river. At left, an ornate guilloche rosette frames the Malaysian coat of arms within a shield. The whole composition is executed in purple on an unprinted ground, with the bank name at top and denomination at lower corners. |
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The 1000 Ringgit is the highest denomination ever issued for general circulation by Bank Negara Malaysia, and P#6 belongs to the first series — the Agong series — released following the country's post-independence monetary consolidation. Bradbury Wilkinson, working from their New Malden facility, handled the entire series, a contract that reflected both the printer's long relationship with Commonwealth central banks and Malaysia's continued reliance on British security printing firms in the years immediately after independence.
The denomination was eventually withdrawn and demonetised in 1999, when Bank Negara cited concerns about its use in illicit transactions — a decision that made surviving circulated examples considerably harder to source than their face value once suggested.