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| Issuer | Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (Monetary Authority of Brunei Darussalam) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 500 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | At right-centre, a portrait of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah in full military dress uniform is set against a multicolour guilloche underprint with floral vignettes in blue and red tones. To the left, a vignette of the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque is enclosed within a gold-toned ornate arch frame. The state title NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM and the Malay denomination inscription LIMA RATUS DOLAR BRUNEI appear in red across the upper portion, with the numeral B$500 in blue at the upper right. |
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| Reverse lettering | نڬارا بروني دارالسلام لىم راتوس دولر بروني FIVE HUNDRED BRUNEI DOLLARS B$500 ISTANA NURUL IMAN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 2024 |
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The 2024 polymer issue marks a significant retooling of Brunei's higher-denomination series, moving away from the cotton-paper substrate that had defined the 500-dollar notes for decades. Brunei's currency relationship with Singapore — maintained under the 1967 Currency Interchangeability Agreement, which remains in force — means this denomination circulates at par with its Singapore counterpart, an arrangement almost unique among sovereign currencies today.
Polymer adoption at this value tier is a deliberate anti-counterfeiting measure; the transparent window is not merely decorative but integral to the substrate itself, impossible to replicate by surface application.