5 Ringgit

Malaysia's P#20 sits in a transitional period for Bank Negara's note designs — the early 1980s series reflected a deliberate push toward more distinctly Malaysian iconography following decades of British colonial-era printing conventions. Thomas De La Rue had printed Malaysian currency since before independence, and the relationship continued well into this period, though Bank Negara was simultaneously developing the infrastructure to bring production in-house through its own security printing facility, which eventually took over much of the work in subsequent series.

The 5 Ringgit denomination was discontinued after this series and did not reappear in polymer issues, making P#20 the last conventionally printed 5 Ringgit note in the standard circulation series.