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50 Dollars 25 Years of Independence
| Issuer | Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Printer | Note Printing Australia, Melbourne, Australia (1998-date) |
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| Reverse description | The nation's name is rendered across the upper register in Singapore's four official languages — Malay, Chinese, English, and Tamil. Below, paired vignettes illustrate the First Parliament chamber on the left and a patriotic crowd scene with the national flag and coat of arms on the right, together commemorating the 25th anniversary of Singapore's independence. |
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| Protection type | Transparent window |
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Issued to mark Singapore's 25th year of independence, this commemorative note holds a specific technical distinction: it was one of the earliest polymer banknotes produced for a Southeast Asian issuer, and among the first to demonstrate that the substrate could carry commemorative rather than purely functional currency. Note Printing Australia had only recently commercialized the Guardian polymer platform, and Singapore's adoption of it for a commemorative piece was a deliberate signal of confidence in the technology.
The transparent window — integrated into the polymer substrate rather than inserted as a security patch — was still a novelty in 1990, and its clean execution here helped establish the format's credibility with other central banks watching closely.