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2 Dollars 25th Anniversary of the Commissioners of Currency
| Issuer | Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a sailing tongkang under full sail, with two smaller boats in the foreground and birds in flight against a sun motif in the sky, rendered in intaglio. The state arms appear in the upper left corner alongside a red guilloche security overprint, with the serial number printed vertically at left and horizontally at centre-right. A manuscript facsimile signature of the Minister for Finance appears at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Upper portion carries a vignette of orchid blooms, while the lower register presents a detailed scene of a Chingay procession with participants from different ethnic communities in traditional costumes, evoking Chinese New Year festivities. The design is executed in multicolour intaglio and letterpress against a pink and red guilloche underprint. The printer's imprint appears along the lower margin. |
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The Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore was dissolved in 2002, when its functions were absorbed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore — making commemorative issues like this one document an institutional history that no longer exists in that form. The 25th anniversary date places the founding of the BCCS at 1969, when Singapore was still building the administrative infrastructure of a newly independent state less than four years old.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement throughout Singapore's early currency history was consistent; this commemorative simply continues that relationship into its third decade.