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| Issuer | Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya |
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| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of King George VI in military uniform at right, set within a single-line border frame. A large numeral '10' vignette appears at left within an ornate guilloche roundel, with a blank central oval. The note bears bilingual text in English and Jawi script, with the date '1st January 1940' and a facsimile signature of the Chairman of the Board below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya This Note is Legal Tender for Ten Dollars in the Straits Settlements and Malay States |
| Reverse description | Central vignette displaying the combined arms of the member states of the Malayan currency union, including the Straits Settlements, Trengganu, Kedah, Kelantan, Johore, Perlis, Brunei, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, and Negri Sembilan. The arms are arranged within an ornate frame with guilloche underprint. Denomination numerals appear in the lower corners. |
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