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50 Dollars 50 Years of Public Housing
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Thickness | 1.55 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | SINGAPURA சிங்கப்பூர் 新加坡 2010 SINGAPORE (Translation: Singapore) |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a dynamic composition celebrating five decades of public housing in Singapore. In the foreground, three children are depicted running joyfully, rendered in high relief against a backdrop of modern Housing Development Board residential tower blocks interspersed with tropical foliage. To the upper left, the bold numeral '50' appears alongside decorative arc lines, while the denomination '$50' is inscribed to the lower left. The commemorative legend 'Celebrating 50 Years of Public Housing' appears in the upper right field. |
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Issued to mark the half-century of the Housing Development Board, which was established in 1960 and within a decade had rehoused the majority of Singapore's population out of kampong settlements and urban slums — one of the most compressed mass public housing programs in twentieth-century history. By 1965, the HDB had already completed over 50,000 units; by the time this coin was struck, roughly 82% of Singaporeans lived in HDB flats.