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30 Dollars - Hassanal Bolkiah ASEAN
| Issuer | Brunei |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Ringgit / Dollar (1967-date) |
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| Obverse description | Colored frontal effigy of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah occupying the central field, depicted in full military dress uniform adorned with epaulettes, medals, and decorations, and wearing the traditional Brunei songkok cap with gold insignia. The portrait is rendered in full color against a mirror-polished black field. The legend SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH curves along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering, while an Arabic calligraphic signature of the Sultan appears in the lower central field beneath the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH |
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Issued to mark the 30th anniversary of ASEAN's founding in Bangkok in August 1967, this coin appeared at a politically fraught moment — the 1997 Asian financial crisis was already unraveling regional currencies when it was struck, and Brunei's decision to maintain dollar parity with Singapore kept the sultanate insulated in ways its neighbors were not. The face value of 30 dollars mirrors the anniversary year directly, a denomination device common to Bruneian commemoratives of this period.