5 Dollars MAS; paper

Features

Location	Singapore
Issuing entity	Monetary Authority of Singapore
Period	Republic (1967-date)
Type	Standard banknote
Year	2005
Value	5 Dollars 5 SGD = USD 3.58
Currency	Dollar (1967-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	133 × 66 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 229009 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	P# 47A Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. And 2 more volumes.

Series: Portrait Series

Obverse

Portrait of Yusof bin Ishak, first president of the Republic of Singapore.
Coat of arms of Singapore in the top left corner.
Gold-ringed cowrie on green-themed background.

Scripts: Chinese, Latin, Tamil

Lettering:
SINGAPURA 新加坡 சிங்கப்பூர் SINGAPORE
THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER
FIVE
DOLLARS
CHAIRMAN
MONETARY AUTHORITY
OF SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE Yusof bin Ishak

Reverse

Picture of the 200-year-old tembutsu tree at Singapore Botanic Gardens. Bin Ishak made a living by selling orchids in Malaysia before entering politics.

Lettering:
SINGAPORE
GARDEN CITY

Watermark

Yusof bin Ishak portrait. Two light rings are seen towards the edge of the note.

© RuibaiK (CC BY-NC)

Comments

Single security thread (wee watermark picture)

See also

• Politician
• Flower
• Tree

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