Catalog
5 Dollars
| Issuer | Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Composition | Polymer (Plastic) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow print on multicolour underprint with fine guilloche patterning; vertical and horizontal ascending serial numbers appear on the face. A portrait of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is positioned at right, with a central vignette of the Bunga Kuniyt (Curcuma longa) flower rendered in delicate detail. Denomination and issuer inscriptions are presented in both Latin and Jawi script. |
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| Protection type | Transparent window, Colour-shifting ink |
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Brunei's move to polymer for this denomination follows a broader regional pattern — Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia all preceded it — but AMBD's adoption is notably late given that neighboring Singapore has issued polymer notes since 1999. The 2024 dating places this among the earliest polymer issues under the AMBD brand, which only assumed central banking functions from the Brunei Currency and Monetary Board in 2011.
The colour-shifting ink on Bruneian polymer issues has occasionally shown adhesion inconsistencies in high-humidity tropical conditions — worth examining closely on any example stored without climate control.