200 Dollars 25th Anniversary of the Board of Commissioners of Currency

The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore — established in 1967 when the nation needed an independent monetary authority just two years after separation from Malaysia — was dissolved in 2002 when its functions merged into the Monetary Authority of Singapore. This platinum issue marks the board's 25th year, placing it squarely in the window when Singapore's currency had already shed its interchangeability with Brunei and Malaysian ringgit as a practical day-to-day matter. Platinum commemoratives from Singapore's early 1990s program were struck in extremely limited quantities, making survival in original packaging the norm rather than the exception.