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| Issuer | Malaysia |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the large numeral '250' prominently displayed in the center of the field, with the word 'RINGGIT' inscribed below in smaller lettering. The Franklin Mint mintmark appears at the bottom center of the field. The circular legend around the periphery reads 'ULANG TAHUN KE 25 KUMPULAN WANG SIMPANAN PEKERJA' at the top and 'MALAYSIA 1976' at the bottom, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Employees Provident Fund. |
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| Obverse lettering | ULANG TAHUN KE 25 KUMPULAN WANG SIMPANAN PEKERJA 250 RINGGIT MALAYSIA 1976 (Translation: 25th Anniversary of Employees Provident Fund) |
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Issued to mark the 25th anniversary of Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund, established in 1951 to provide retirement security for private-sector workers — a system modeled partly on British colonial welfare structures and retained after independence largely intact. The EPF by 1976 had grown into one of Southeast Asia's largest mandatory savings institutions, managing contributions from millions of workers across peninsular Malaysia and the Borneo states.
Gold commemoratives of this period were produced in strictly limited quantities for the Malaysian market and rarely left the region in any volume.