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50 Ringgit XVI Commonwealth Games
| Issuer | Bank Negara Malaysia |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Printer | Note Printing Australia, Melbourne, Australia (1998-date) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in a detailed architectural rendering, with the official logo of the Kuala Lumpur '98 XVI Commonwealth Games positioned to the left. |
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| Protection description | Gold-colored Optical Variable Device (OVD) with the portrait of the first Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong; Clear window with a butterfly wing motif. |
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Issued to mark the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur — Malaysia's first time hosting the event — this commemorative note was part of a broader national push around the games, which coincided almost exactly with the onset of Malaysia's currency crisis response. Bank Negara had imposed capital controls and pegged the ringgit to the US dollar at 3.80 just weeks before the games opened in September 1998. The timing gave this celebratory note an awkward economic backdrop that official communications quietly ignored.
One of the earlier polymer issues from Note Printing Australia for a Southeast Asian central bank, it carries a clear window integrated into the substrate — a feature NPA was actively promoting to regional issuers during this period.