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200 Dollars - Hassanal Bolkiah 60th Birthday
| Issuer | Brunei Currency and Monetary Board |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 200 RINGGIT 200 DOLLARS 2006 |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who ascended to the throne in 1967 and remains one of the longest-reigning monarchs alive. Brunei's currency board — not a central bank, a deliberate structural choice reflecting the sultanate's conservative monetary philosophy — has issued commemorative gold consistently tied to royal milestones rather than national events, making the Sultan's biography effectively the organizing principle of the modern coinage series.
The .9999 fineness is notably purer than the .9167 gold standard used in most sovereign bullion coinage, a specification Brunei has favored across its commemorative gold issues.