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25 Sen - Agong XII Great Egret
| Issuer | Bank Negara Malaysia |
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| Year | 2004-2005 |
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| Currency | Ringgit (1967-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts two Great Egrets (Egretta alba) rendered in fine naturalistic detail; the larger bird stands prominently with elongated breeding plumes draped over its back, while a smaller bird bows its head downward, both standing upon a rocky surface with aquatic vegetation in the lower field. The legend ENDANGERED SPECIES SERIES is inscribed along the upper rim. In the lower field, the bilingual inscription BANGAU BESAR / GREAT EGRET · EGRETTA ALBA identifies the species. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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KM#99 belongs to the second series of Malaysian sen coins introduced after the 1989 coinage reform, when Bank Negara replaced the earlier numismatic series tied to state ceremonial regalia. The Great Egret reverse was paired with the portrait of Yang di-Pertuan Agong XII, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, who ascended to the throne in December 2001 as the thirteenth King by personal count but held the twelfth numbered Agong designation under Malaysia's unique rotational constitutional monarchy system. Production of this type was relatively short-lived, as the entire brass sen series was demonetized in 2008 following a government decision to phase out low-denomination coinage on cost and utility grounds.