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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Government of the Straits Settlements |
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| Year | 1898-1900 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1845-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Black and purple intaglio print on cream paper, with an elaborate guilloche border incorporating foliate and geometric ornaments framing the entire face. The Royal Arms of the United Kingdom vignette appears at upper centre, flanked by the bold serif title THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS; below, a promise-to-pay clause in script lettering leads to the denomination FIVE DOLLARS in a dark letterpress panel at centre. Chinese characters in a panel at top, Jawi script in a panel at bottom, and serial numbers in black appear at upper left, upper right, and lower left and right corners; three manuscript signatures of the Currency Commissioners appear at right centre, with the printed date 1st September, 1898 at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Promises to pay the bearer on demand FIVE DOLLARS at Singapore Local Currency for value received. 1st September, 1898 CURRENCY COMMISSIONERS 票銀庫國叻典功 وان رڠڬيت دبايركن كڤد سي ممباوا اتس ڤرمينتاءن دڠن واڠ تمڤتن سيڠاڤورا |
| Reverse description | Black print on cream paper, with no textual inscriptions. A central intaglio vignette set within an ornate cartouche shows a tiger stalking left through rocky, grassy terrain; the surrounding field is filled with a densely worked guilloche of floral rosettes, scrollwork, and foliate ornaments extending to all four corners, with crocodile vignettes worked into the corner medallions. The printer's imprint THOS. DE LA RUE & CO. LTD. LONDON appears in small type at the lower centre of the design. |
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