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15 Ringgit - Agong VIII XV SEA Games
| Issuer | Bank Negara Malaysia |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Three stylized athlete figures occupy the central field, depicting a runner, a badminton or racquet sport player, and a gymnast or martial arts competitor in dynamic poses, representing the diversity of sports contested at the XV South East Asia Games. To the right, the official SEA Games emblem — a floral motif surmounting interlocked rings atop a decorative stand — is prominently displayed. The date '1989' appears in the upper field. The bilingual legend 'SUKAN ASIA TENGGARA KE XV' arcs along the upper border in Malay, while 'XV SOUTH EAST ASIA GAMES' curves along the lower border in English. |
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Malaysia hosted the 15th Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur in August 1989, the country's second time organizing the event. The choice of a 15 Ringgit denomination was a direct reference to the games' ordinal number — an unusual denomination with no place in everyday commerce, minted purely for collectors and issued under the authority of the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Mahmood Iskandar of Johor, who had acceded to the throne in 1984.
The .925 silver specification places it in line with sterling standard, a deliberate choice for commemorative issues of this period by Bank Negara.