Malaya and British Borneo dollar

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currency former currency

The Malaya and British Borneo dollar was a former common currency used in British Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, North Borneo, and Brunei during the mid-20th century.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Malayan dollar 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency ⓘ
former currency ⓘ
banknoteDenomination 1 dollar ⓘ
10 dollars ⓘ
100 dollars ⓘ
1000 dollars ⓘ
5 dollars ⓘ
50 dollars ⓘ
coinDenomination 1 cent ⓘ
10 cents ⓘ
20 cents ⓘ
5 cents ⓘ
50 cents ⓘ
countryOrRegionUsed British Malaya ⓘ
Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

British North Borneo ⓘ
surface form: North Borneo

Sarawak ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
currencySymbol $ ⓘ
dateOfIntroduction 1953 ⓘ
dateOfWithdrawal 1967 ⓘ
denominationType banknote ⓘ
coin ⓘ
exchangeRate 2 shillings 4 pence = 1 dollar ⓘ
historicalRegion Borneo ⓘ
Federation of Malaya ⓘ
surface form: Malaya
ISO4217Code none ⓘ
issuingAuthority Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo ⓘ
legalTenderStatusEnded 1967 ⓘ
peggedTo Pound sterling ⓘ
surface form: pound sterling
replacedByCurrency Brunei dollar ⓘ
Malaysian ringgit ⓘ
Singapore dollar ⓘ
replacedCurrency Straits dollar ⓘ
surface form: British North Borneo dollar

Straits dollar ⓘ
surface form: Malayan dollar

Straits dollar ⓘ
surface form: Sarawak dollar
subunit cent ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 cents = 1 dollar ⓘ
successorCurrencyInBrunei Brunei dollar ⓘ
successorCurrencyInMalaysia Malaysian ringgit ⓘ
successorCurrencyInSingapore Singapore dollar ⓘ
usedFrom 1953 ⓘ
usedIn Brunei British protectorate ⓘ
surface form: Brunei Protectorate

British North Borneo ⓘ
surface form: Crown Colony of North Borneo

Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
Crown Colony of Singapore ⓘ
Federation of Malaya ⓘ
usedUntil 1967 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federation of Malaya → currency → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayan dollar
Straits dollar → replacedBy → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayan dollar
Straits dollar → replacedBy → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
Brunei dollar → replacedCurrency → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
Malaysian ringgit → replacedCurrency → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
SGD → replacedCurrency → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
Singapore dollar → replacedCurrency → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
Straits dollar → replacedInMalayaBy → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayan dollar
Straits dollar → replacedInSingaporeBy → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayan dollar