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Singapore dollar: research record

Evidence coverage: 1967–1967. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Singapore dollar

SGD · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Current currency in the inherited endpoint register.
Dated observations: 1967; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Siblings

Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Singapore dollarFTM000500 · C173, C175, C176
Monetary history 1 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

1967First issue

NLB identifies the 1967 end of shared issuance and separate Singapore, Malaysian and Brunei currencies.

C173
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C173

NLB identifies the 1967 end of shared issuance and separate Singapore, Malaysian and Brunei currencies.

National Library Board, Singapore · History of Singapore’s currency Citation S82 · Open source ↗

1967 transition

Source access and limitations

Selected issue chronology; 1899 note date used with attribution.

Occupation notes did not erase all prewar legal status.

Supported C175

MAS describes Singapore–Brunei interchangeability at par; BDCB distinguishes customary tender from legal tender.

Monetary Authority of Singapore · Brunei–Singapore Currency Interchangeability Agreement Citation S90 · Open source ↗

Agreement provisions; customary-tender paragraph

Source access and limitations

Bank/authority interchangeability; not guaranteed acceptance by every merchant.

Brunei Darussalam Central Bank · Currency interchangeability and Brunei currency history Citation S89 · Open source ↗

Agreement provisions; customary-tender paragraph

Source access and limitations

Customary tender is not foreign legal tender or a currency union.

Supported C176

BNM records Malaysia’s 1973 withdrawal from interchangeability and floating from 21 June 1973.

Bank Negara Malaysia · Significant milestones in the Malaysian foreign exchange market Citation S88 · Open source ↗

1973 entries

Source access and limitations

Announcement, ending interchangeability and floating are different events; dollar/ringgit are not assumed successive scales.

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