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25 Sen - Agong XII Sumatran Tiger
| Issuer | Bank Negara Malaysia |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Value | 25 Sen |
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| Obverse lettering | SIRI HAIWAN TERANCAM 25 SEN BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a finely detailed portrait of a Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) facing forward in a three-quarter stance, rendered with naturalistic engraving that captures the animal's characteristic striped coat and intense gaze. The tiger stands amid stylised tropical foliage in the lower field. The legend ENDANGERED SPECIES SERIES curves along the upper rim, while the bilingual inscription HARIMAU SUMATRAN TIGER • PANTHERA TIGRIS appears along the lower rim, all in raised Latin lettering within a plain border. |
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The Agong XII series marked Malaysia's transition to a new monarch following the installation of Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin as the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong in late 2001 — though coin production bearing his portrait ran through 2003 before the series gave way to updated types. The Sumatran tiger, critically endangered and increasingly absent from peninsular Malaysia by this point, appeared on circulating coinage even as wildlife surveys were documenting alarming population collapses across its remaining Sumatran range.
KM#80 replaced the earlier brass 25 sen types that had circulated since the 1990s. Brass wore visibly in pocket change, and edge detail on these pieces degrades faster than the cupro-nickel issues that preceded them.