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50 Dollars 50th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Tamil/Chinese |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a two-register composition celebrating education as a nation-building pillar for Singapore's 50th anniversary of independence. The upper register depicts a teacher instructing a group of students seated around a table, rendered in high relief. A horizontal banner across the centre bears the legend 'Education, BUILDING OUR NATION TOGETHER' in script and block lettering. The lower register portrays three young adults in vocational attire, representing skilled trades and national unity. The denomination '$50' appears at lower right, with the 'SG50' jubilee mark at the upper right. |
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Singapore's independence in 1965 was not a celebration — it was an expulsion. When Malaysia separated Singapore from the federation, Lee Kuan Yew wept publicly, famously describing it as "a moment of anguish." The Monetary Authority of Singapore, established only in 1971, has since issued commemorative gold on significant independence anniversaries, and the 50th was treated as a major national milestone, with SG50 branding saturating virtually every government-issued product that year.
The .9999 fineness places this above the older .900 standard used in earlier Singapore commemoratives.