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50 Cents
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| Year | 1967-1985 |
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| Thickness | 2.032 mm |
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| Obverse description | The central field bears the bold numeral denomination '50' in large raised figures, with the word 'CENTS' inscribed beneath in a smaller serif font. Two stalks of paddy rice flank the denomination, their heads curving inward to frame the design — one rising from the lower left, the other from the lower right. The legend 'SINGAPORE' arcs along the right periphery in capital Latin letters, while the date '1981' appears at the upper left, completing the circular inscription. The overall design is clean and modernist, characteristic of Stuart Devlin's work for the first series of Singapore coinage. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Singapore's first decimal coinage series launched in 1967, the same year the city-state's currency formally split from the common Malaya and British Borneo dollar that had circulated across the region since 1953. The Monetary Authority of Singapore did not yet exist at issue — these early coins were struck under the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore, which predated the MAS by four years.
The series ran through 1985 before being replaced by a lighter, smaller coinage. Royal Mint (London) and the Singapore Mint both handled production across the run.