Malaysia Paper Money Collection


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Malaysia Notes

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Japanese Occupation - WW II

1942-1945 Issue

P-M5 - 1 Dollar
Front: Breadfruit tree at left, coconut palm tree at right
Back: Denomination at center, left and right
Size: 140 x 67 mm

P-M6 - 5 Dollars
Front: Coconut palm tree at left, paw-paw tree at right
Back: Denomination at center, left and right
Size: 152 x 72 mm

P-M7 - 10 Dollars
Front: Coconut palm tree, banana plant, and paw-paw tree
Back: Palm trees and ocean with ship in distance at center, denomination at center, left and right
Size: 160 x 77 mm

P-M8b - 100 Dollars
Front: House and palm tree on the shore, red and blue silk thread embedded
Back: Man with two buffalo in a stream or river, denomination at left and right
Watermark: None
Size: 168 x 82 mm

P-M8x - 100 Dollars
Front: House and palm tree on the shore
Back: Man with two buffalo in a stream or river, denomination at left and right
Watermark: Curved lines
Size: 172 x 82 mm


Bank Negara Malaysia

1996-2000 Issue

P 39 - 1 Ringgit
Front: Tunku Abdul Rahman at right
Back: Flora and Kite with Mount Kinabalu landscape, ascending size serial number at top left and right
Watermark: T. A. Rahman
Size: 120 x 65 mm

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, (February 8, 1903 – December 6, 1990) was known as "Tunku" (a princely title in Malaysia), and also called Bapa Kemerdekaan (Father of Independence) or Bapa Malaysia (Father of Malaysia), was Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955, and the country's first Prime Minister from independence in 1957. He remained as the Prime Minister after Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore joined the federation in 1963 to form Malaysia.

Mount Kinabalu (Malay: Gunung Kinabalu) is a prominent mountain in Southeast Asia. It is located in Kinabalu National Park (a World Heritage Site) in the east Malaysian state of Sabah, which is on the island of Borneo in the tropics. It is the tallest mountain in the Malay Archipelago

P 42d - 10 Ringgit
Front: Tunku Abdul Rahman at right
Back: Modern passenger train at left, passenger jet airplane, freighter ship at center, ascending serial number at upper left and right

Watermark: T. A. Rahman
Size: 140 x 65 mm


2004 Issue

P 47 - 5 Ringgit
Polymer Plastic Note with transparent mark
Front: Tunku Abdul Rahman at right
Back: Modern tower at left, communications satellite at upper center, ascending serial number at upper left and right

Watermark: T. A. Rahman
Size: 136 x 65 mm