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50 Dollars - Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan's 50th Birthday
| Issuer | Brunei Currency and Monetary Board |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#66, Schön#72 |
| Obverse description | Rectangular silver note-style design with gilt highlights. To the right, a gilt effigy of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah facing left, wearing a traditional songkok and military uniform with decorations. To the left, the royal arms of Brunei depicted within a circular wreath, above the denomination '$50' in the lower left field. A Jawi script signature reading 'Sultan' appears in the centre field alongside the word 'SULTAN' in Latin script beneath. The upper legend in Latin script reads 'HARI KEPUTERAAN KDYMM PADUKA SERI BAGINDA SULTAN DAN YANG DI-PERTUAN N B D KE 50 - 15 JULAI 1996'. Ornate floral scrollwork borders frame the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | HARI KEPUTERAAN KDYMM PADUKA SERI BAGINDA SULTAN DAN YANG DI-PERTUAN N B D KE 50 - 15 JULAI 1996 / SULTAN / $50 |
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Hassanal Bolkiah turned 50 in July 1996, and by that point he had already held the sultanate for nearly three decades — having ascended in 1967 following his father's abdication. Brunei's oil wealth meant commemorative issues from this period were produced with little regard for cost constraints, and the .999 fine silver specification here is notably purer than the .925 used for most contemporary Commonwealth commemoratives.
KM#66 was struck in proof only. Mintage figures for Brunei issues of this type were rarely published officially, making population data from third-party graders the most reliable indicator of surviving numbers.