Banknotes from the Straits Settlements

Straits Settlements was the name given to a series of British colonial possessions on the Malay Peninsula, with the oldest being Penang, founded in 1786, followed by Singapore in 1819. Their strategic position on the Straits of Malacca earned them the title 'Gibraltar of the East', and following a series of wars in the 1860s with local kingdoms, the territory was annexed and enlarged to become known as the 'Malay States' in 1905, with some of those semi-autonomous kingdoms issuing their own coinage during British rule. Japanese troops occupied the colony in mid-1942 following the fall of Singapore and the surrender of the garrison. The area was liberated in 1945, and following a communist insurrection in 1948, the territory was decolonized in 1962/3.
Wikidata: Q376178

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Dollar (1845-1939)

100 Cents = 1 Dollar

1 Dollar
1906-1924

Standard banknote
121 × 64 mm
P# 1, N# 283183
10 Cents
1917-1920

Standard banknote

P# 6, N# 202051
25 Cents
ND (1917)

Standard banknote
110 × 76 mm
P# 7, N# 338703
Available for swap 10 Cents - George V
1919

Standard banknote
109 × 63 mm
P# 8, N# 230623
1 Dollar - George V
1925-1930

Standard banknote
124 × 64 mm
P# 9, N# 283184
10 Dollars
1925-1930

Standard banknote

P# 11, N# 376533
100 Dollars
1925-1927

Standard banknote

P# 13, N# 376535
Available for swap 1 Dollar - George V
1931-1935

Standard banknote
120 × 60 mm
P# 16, N# 217704
5 Dollars - George V
1931-1935

Standard banknote
136 × 76 mm
P# 17, N# 283182
10 Dollars - George V
1931-1935

Standard banknote

P# 18, N# 304559

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