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25 Sen - Agong XII Bottlenose Dolphin
| Issuer | Bank Negara Malaysia |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 25 Sen |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | SIRI HAIWAN TERANCAM SIRI MARIN & REPTILIA 2006 25 SEN BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA (Translation: Endangered Animals Series Marine and Reptile Series Malaysian National Bank) |
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Malaysia's 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, ascended to the constitutional monarchy in 2001, and coins issued under his cipher reflect the broader Wildlife series that Bank Negara introduced to replace the earlier Agong XI circulation coinage. The bottlenose dolphin selection was not incidental — Malaysia's waters, particularly the Strait of Malacca and the South China Sea, support several cetacean species, and the mid-2000s issues were partly timed alongside domestic marine conservation policy discussions.
KM#108 is among the heavier 25 sen pieces in modern Malaysian coinage history, the brass composition making it noticeably denser than the cupronickel predecessors.