Malaysian dollar / ringgit
Malaysian dollar / ringgit: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- MYR
- Ancestry branch
- Spanish real / peso
Where this money came from
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No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
BNM dates Malaysia’s new dollar to 12 June 1967 and describes old-currency redemption at two shillings and fourpence sterling. [1]
BNM records Malaysia’s 1973 withdrawal from interchangeability and floating from 21 June 1973. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Bank Negara Malaysia · Significant milestones in the Malaysian foreign exchange market C174 ↗
- Bank Negara Malaysia · Significant milestones in the Malaysian foreign exchange market C176 ↗
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“Malaysian dollar / ringgit.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000501.html