Malaysian ringgit

E7566
currency fiat currency

The Malaysian ringgit is the official currency of Malaysia, known for having been heavily affected by and subsequently managed through capital controls during the Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ringgit Malaysia 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ
capitalControlsContext Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998 ⓘ
surface form: Asian financial crisis
capitalControlsImposed 1998 ⓘ
centralBank Bank Negara Malaysia ⓘ
codeNumber 458 ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
dateOfIntroduction 1967 ⓘ
decimalization yes ⓘ
denominationSystem decimal ⓘ
exchangeRateRegimePost2005 managed float ⓘ
formerCoins 1 ringgit coin ⓘ
1 sen ⓘ
2 sen ⓘ
3 sen ⓘ
frequentlyUsedBanknotes RM1 ⓘ
RM10 ⓘ
RM100 ⓘ
RM20 ⓘ
RM5 ⓘ
RM50 ⓘ
frequentlyUsedCoins 10 sen ⓘ
20 sen ⓘ
5 sen ⓘ
50 sen ⓘ
governingLaw Central Bank of Malaysia Act ⓘ
ISO4217Code MYR ⓘ
issuingAuthority Bank Negara Malaysia ⓘ
legalTender Malaysia ⓘ
localName Ringgit ⓘ
Malaysian ringgit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ringgit Malaysia
monetaryPolicyAuthority Bank Negara Malaysia ⓘ
nickname RM ⓘ
notFreelyTradableInOffshoreMarkets yes ⓘ
officialCurrencyOf Malaysia ⓘ
peggedDuringAsianFinancialCrisis yes ⓘ
peggedTo US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
pegPeriodEnd 2005 ⓘ
pegPeriodStart 1998 ⓘ
pluralForm ringgit ⓘ
ringgit Malaysia ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
replacedCurrency Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
scriptOnBanknotes Jawi ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
securityFeatures polymer elements on some notes ⓘ
subunit sen ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 sen = 1 ringgit ⓘ
symbol RM ⓘ
usedIn Labuan ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Putrajaya ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Labuan → currency → Malaysian ringgit ⓘ
Malaysia → currency → Malaysian ringgit ⓘ
Perlis → currency → Malaysian ringgit ⓘ
Bank Negara Malaysia → currencyIssued → Malaysian ringgit ⓘ
Malaysian ringgit → localName → Malaysian ringgit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ringgit Malaysia