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10000 Dollars
| Issuer | Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Size | 203 × 133 mm |
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| Obverse description | A vignette of a white-bellied sea eagle occupies the left portion of the note, with the numeric value $10000 displayed beneath it. The denomination legend TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS is superimposed over a silhouette outline of Singapore, while the Singapore city skyline runs along the lower register with a serial number overprinted across it. To the right, a blank watermark space is flanked above by the national coat of arms and below by the numeral $10000, with SINGAPORE and the serial number printed at top centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Commissioners of Currency Singapore (BCCS) was a statutory board rather than a central bank — an unusual arrangement that persisted until the Monetary Authority of Singapore absorbed its note-issuing function in 2002. This $10,000 note belongs to the Orchid Series, Singapore's first definitive issue following independence from the Borneo/Malaysia currency arrangement, and the denomination itself reflects the city-state's ambitions as a regional financial hub where high-value interbank and trade transactions demanded high-denomination instruments for physical settlement.
Thomas De La Rue printed the entire Orchid Series in London. At this denomination, surviving examples are scarce not from destruction but from the simple fact that very few were ever released into general circulation.