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| Uitgever | Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo |
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| Jaar | 1953 |
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| Afmetingen | 156 x 83 mm |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya and British Borneo This note is legal tender for Fifty Dollars in the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei |
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| Beschrijving beveiliging | a tiger's head, visible when held to light |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo was itself a transitional institution — created in 1952 to serve a currency union that would survive less than a decade before Malayan independence and the eventual split between Malaysia and Singapore pulled it apart. This $50 note, issued in the coronation year of Elizabeth II, sits near the beginning of that short institutional life.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility handled most of the high-value colonial work of this period, and the $50 denomination would have seen limited everyday movement — large enough to be a settlement note rather than a trading one. W.C. Taylor served as the board's first commissioner.