Catalog
500 Ringgit
| Issuer | Brunei Currency and Monetary Board |
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| Year | 1989-1992 |
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| Currency | Ringgit / Dollar (1967-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah I in military uniform at right, with a vignette of traditional stilt houses at Kampong Ayer water village at lower left. The denomination LIMA RATUS RINGGIT is rendered in bold intaglio lettering at centre, above a bilingual legal tender clause in Malay and English. Intricate guilloche underprint patterns in orange and green frame the composition, with the serial number printed twice in black at left and far right. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM WANG KERTAS INI SAH DIPERLAKUKAN DENGAN NILAI LIMA RATUS RINGGIT THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS SULTAN |
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Brunei's Currency and Monetary Board operates under a 1967 Currency Interchangeability Agreement with Singapore, meaning Brunei dollar notes are accepted at par in Singapore and vice versa — an arrangement that has survived both countries' separate monetary policies for over five decades. The 500 Ringgit sits at the high end of a series that saw relatively limited street circulation given Brunei's small population and oil-dependent economy where large transactions were typically settled through banking channels rather than physical notes.
Thomas De La Rue's contract for Brunei notes during this period covered multiple denominations printed to a consistent specification. The watermark remains the primary security feature — notably modest by the standards De La Rue was applying to other clients' high-value paper at the same time.