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| Issuer | Bank Negara Malaysia |
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| Year | 2009-2019 |
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| Value | 50 Ringgit |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a mature oil palm plantation with harvested fruit bunches, referencing Malaysia's palm oil industry as a cornerstone of the national economy. A portrait of the first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, appears alongside the agricultural scene. The denomination and bank title are rendered in Jawi script within a guilloche border. |
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| Signature(s) | Zeti Aziz wide segmented security thread Zeti Aziz narrow segmented security thread Muhammad bin Ibrahim |
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| Comments |
Pick 50 spans an unusually long production window for a Malaysian issue, covering the tenures of two governors — Zeti Akhtar Aziz, who held office from 2000 to 2016, and Muhammad Ibrahim, who succeeded her. Notes signed by Zeti appear in two distinct signature varieties distinguished by thread width, a detail that trips up collectors who treat them as a single type. The narrow thread variety is the scarcer of the two.
A print run of just over twelve million across a decade is modest for a mid-denomination note in active circulation, suggesting the 50 Ringgit denomination saw relatively light everyday use compared to the 1 and 5 Ringgit notes.