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20 Dollars - Hassanal Bolkiah 20th SEA Games
| Issuer | Brunei Currency and Monetary Board |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Colorized effigy of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah facing slightly right, depicted in full military dress uniform adorned with medals and decorations, wearing a traditional black songkok. A Jawi script inscription appears beneath the portrait in the lower field. The circular legend 'SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH' arcs along the upper periphery, with 'BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1999' along the lower periphery. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 1999 Southeast Asian Games were hosted by Brunei for the first and only time, a significant undertaking for one of the region's smallest nations by population. Organizing the 20th edition required infrastructure investment well beyond what the sultanate had previously committed to regional sport.
Brunei's commemorative coinage program under Hassanal Bolkiah has consistently favored high-specification silver strikes for limited diplomatic and collector distribution rather than any genuine circulation intent.