I'm buying Orchid and Bird Specimen sets:
Orchid 5 & 6 notes set.
Bird 6 notes set.
In original folder; notes must be in mint UNC condition.
Email me your reasonable offer to: russellcheong at gmail dot com
Thank you.
Thursday 26 July 2012
Want-to-Buy (WTB): Singapore Orchid & Bird Specimen Banknotes Set in Folder
I'm buying Orchid and Bird Specimen sets:
Orchid 5 & 6 notes set.
Bird 6 notes set.
In original folder; notes must be in mint UNC condition.
Email me your reasonable offer to: russellcheong at gmail dot com
Thank you.
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Singapore Bird Specimen Banknotes
The Bird series banknotes is circulated from 1976 to 1984 over a period of nine (9) years. Banknotes in this series were signed by Mr Hon Sui Sen, Minister for Finance from 1970 to 1983.
This Bird Series Specimen set is released together with the Orchid Specimen sets at the Singapore International Coin Convention, in 1988 & 1989 (TBC).
A total of 311 sets were issued.
There are six (6) notes in this specimen set: $100, $50, $20, $10, $5 & $1.
For this set of Bird specimen notes, the prefix of the serial number for each denomination is a "S" except for the $5 note which is a "A/1".
Except for the $5 note, all other notes are punched at three spots:
1. Left-hand top corner- dollar denomination
2. Centre- Signature of the Minister for Finance
3. Right- Water-mark
This is a beautiful set of banknotes that captured the changing events and landscapes of Singapore.
The Singapore skyline at the bottom of every note in this series; the map of Singapore in the $50 & $10 note; Changi Airport Terminal 1 and the Concorde jet in the $20 note; the cable car tower and Keppel harbour in the $5 note: they have all been transformed or become non-existent over the tides of time.
For those who walked through the early years of nation building, only you can relate to those events and landscapes, and recall beautiful memories of bygone years that were fortunate enough to be captured permanently and presented in these banknotes.
This Bird Series Specimen set is released together with the Orchid Specimen sets at the Singapore International Coin Convention, in 1988 & 1989 (TBC).
A total of 311 sets were issued.
There are six (6) notes in this specimen set: $100, $50, $20, $10, $5 & $1.
For this set of Bird specimen notes, the prefix of the serial number for each denomination is a "S" except for the $5 note which is a "A/1".
Except for the $5 note, all other notes are punched at three spots:
1. Left-hand top corner- dollar denomination
2. Centre- Signature of the Minister for Finance
3. Right- Water-mark
This is a beautiful set of banknotes that captured the changing events and landscapes of Singapore.
The Singapore skyline at the bottom of every note in this series; the map of Singapore in the $50 & $10 note; Changi Airport Terminal 1 and the Concorde jet in the $20 note; the cable car tower and Keppel harbour in the $5 note: they have all been transformed or become non-existent over the tides of time.
For those who walked through the early years of nation building, only you can relate to those events and landscapes, and recall beautiful memories of bygone years that were fortunate enough to be captured permanently and presented in these banknotes.
Singapore Banknotes Portrait Series $50: 2012 New Signature
Got a stack of brand new $50 notes from the ATM. Noticed the signature is not that of ESM Goh Chok Tong's. I tried to guess from the Chinese characters of the seal, it should be Tharma Shanmugaratnam's.
Tharma became Minister of Finance in 2007. So why did it take so long for Tharma's signature to appear in the notes? If you have noticed, beginning from the Portrait series, the signature on our banknotes are no longer that of the Minister for Finance; it has become that of the Chairman's of MAS, the central bank and note issuing authority of Singapore.
So when did Tharma become Chairman of MAS?
He took over from ESM Goh Chok Tong in May 2011.
Past Chairman of MAS:
Hon Sui Sen . . . . . . . . . Jan 1971 to Jul 1980 (~9.5 years)
Goh Keng Swee . . . . . . . Aug 1980 to Jan 19985 (~4.5 years)
Richard Hu . . . . . . . . . . Jan 1985 to Dec 1997 (~8 years)
Lee Hsien Loong . . . . . . Jan 1998 to Aug 2004 (~6.5 years)
Goh Chok Tong . . . . . . . Aug 2004 to May 2011 (~7 years)
(The above info were taken from MAS website)
The $50 note I got from the ATM bears the serial no. 4AM747XXX.
Have you seen notes of other denomination bearing Tharman's signature? Are there any uncut sheets or solid running numbers notes bearing Tharma's signature released for auction?
If you know any information on the new Tharman's notes, please tell us on our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/UncutCurrency
Tharma became Minister of Finance in 2007. So why did it take so long for Tharma's signature to appear in the notes? If you have noticed, beginning from the Portrait series, the signature on our banknotes are no longer that of the Minister for Finance; it has become that of the Chairman's of MAS, the central bank and note issuing authority of Singapore.
So when did Tharma become Chairman of MAS?
He took over from ESM Goh Chok Tong in May 2011.
Past Chairman of MAS:
Hon Sui Sen . . . . . . . . . Jan 1971 to Jul 1980 (~9.5 years)
Goh Keng Swee . . . . . . . Aug 1980 to Jan 19985 (~4.5 years)
Richard Hu . . . . . . . . . . Jan 1985 to Dec 1997 (~8 years)
Lee Hsien Loong . . . . . . Jan 1998 to Aug 2004 (~6.5 years)
Goh Chok Tong . . . . . . . Aug 2004 to May 2011 (~7 years)
(The above info were taken from MAS website)
The $50 note I got from the ATM bears the serial no. 4AM747XXX.
Have you seen notes of other denomination bearing Tharman's signature? Are there any uncut sheets or solid running numbers notes bearing Tharma's signature released for auction?
If you know any information on the new Tharman's notes, please tell us on our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/UncutCurrency
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