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5 Dollars Benjamin Sheares Bridge
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Reverse description | A broad panoramic view of the Benjamin Sheares Bridge spans the central field, rendered in fine detail with the Singapore city skyline visible in the background. The legend 'BENJAMIN SHEARES BRIDGE' arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script, while the denomination '5 DOLLARS' is inscribed along the lower periphery. The composition commemorates the opening of the bridge, one of Singapore's major infrastructure achievements. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Benjamin Sheares Bridge, completed in 1981, was Singapore's largest infrastructure project of its era and the first to span the mouth of the Marina Bay — a politically significant act of urban engineering that physically reshaped the city's southern coastline. Commemorating it on a circulating denomination the following year was a deliberate signal from the MAS that the bridge represented a new phase in Singapore's rapid modernization program under Lee Kuan Yew's government.
KM#22 is part of the second Singapore definitive series, which replaced the Orchid series beginning in 1985 — making 1982 strikes transition-era pieces that circulated only briefly before the redesign.