Singapore Dollar

The Singapore dollar or Dollar (sign: $; code: SGD) is the official currency of Singapore. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is divided into 100 cents.

History

Between 1845 and 1939, Singapore used the Straits dollar. This was replaced by the Malayan dollar, and, from 1953, the Malaya and British Borneo dollar, which were issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo. Singapore continued to use the common currency upon joining Malaysia in 1963, but, two years after Singapore's expulsion and independence from Malaysia in 1965, the monetary union between Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei broke down. Singapore established the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore, on April 7, 1967 and issued its first coins and notes. Nevertheless, the Singapore dollar was exchangeable at par with the Malaysian ringgit until 1973, and interchangeability with the Brunei dollar is still maintained.

Coins
Frequently used :S$0.1, S$0.2, S$0.5, S$1
Rarely used :S$0.01, S$0.05

- S$0.01 : Obverse = Coat of Arms, "Singapore" in 4 official languages
Reverse = Value, Vanda Miss Joaquim
- S$0.05 : Obverse = Coat of Arms, "Singapore" in 4 official languages
Reverse = Value, Monstera deliciosa
- S$0.1 : Obverse = Coat of Arms, "Singapore" in 4 official languages
Reverse = Value, Jasminum Multiflorum
- S$0.2 : Obverse = Coat of Arms, "Singapore" in 4 official languages
Reverse = Value, Calliandra surinamensis
- S$0.5 : Obverse = Coat of Arms, "Singapore" in 4 official languages
Reverse = Value, Allamenda cathartica
- S$1 : Obverse = Coat of Arms, "Singapore" in 4 official languages
Reverse =Value, Lochnera rosea

 

Banknotes

Frequently used :S$2, S$5, S$10, S$50, S$100
Rarely used : S$1,000, S$10,000

- S$2 : Obverse = President Yusof bin Ishak, Money Cowrie
Reverse = Education
- S$5 : Obverse = President Yusof bin Ishak, Gold-Ringed Cowrie
Reverse = Garden City
- S$10 : Obverse = President Yusof bin Ishak, Wandering Cowrie
Reverse = Sports
- S$50 : Obverse = President Yusof bin Ishak, Cylindrical Cowrie
Reverse = Arts
- S$100 : Obverse =  President Yusof bin Ishak, Swallow Cowrie
Reverse = Youth
- S$1,000 : Obverse =  President Yusof bin Ishak, Beautiful Cowrie
Reverse = Government
- S$10,000 : Obverse =  President Yusof bin Ishak, Onyx Cowrie
Reverse = Economics


The S$10,000 note is one of the world's most valuable banknote (that is officially in circulation).

 

Singapore plug

The Singapore plug are of 2 kinds : 3 long-shaped holes in a triangular manner and 2 round-shapes holes.

Voltage : 230 Volt
Frequency : 50 Herz

Malaysian Ringgit

The Malaysian ringgit (plural: ringgit; currency code MYR; formerly the Malaysian dollar) is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen (cents). The ringgit is issued by the Bank Negara Malaysia.

History
On June 12, 1967, the Malaysian dollar, issued by the new central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, replaced the Malaya and British Borneo dollar at par. The new currency retained all denominations of its predecessor except the $10,000 denomination, and also brought over the color schemes of the old dollar. Over the course of the following decades, minor changes were made on the notes and coins issued, from the introduction of the M$1 coin in 1967, to the demonetization of M$500 and M$1000 notes during the 1990s.
The use of the dollar sign "$" (or "M$") was not replaced by "RM" (Ringgit Malaysia) until around 1993, though internationally "MYR" (MY being the country code for Malaysia) is more widely used.

Coins
5 sen : Obverse = bank title, value, year of minting
Reverse = Gasing
10 sen : Obverse = bank title, value, year of minting
Reverse = Congkak
20 sen : Obverse = bank title, value, year of minting
Reverse = Sirih and kapur container
50 sen : Obverse = bank title, value, year of minting
Reverse = Wau
RM1 : Obverse = bank title, "1 RINGGIT", year of minting
Reverse = Keris with a songket background

Banknotes
RM1 : Obverse = Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Reverse = Tourism, Mount Kinabalu, Mount Mulu and Wau Bulan kite
RM5 : Obverse = Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Reverse = Multimedia Super Corridor, KLIA and Petronas Twin Towers
RM10 : Obverse = Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Reverse = Transportation, Putra LRT train, Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft and MISC ship
RM20 : Obverse = Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Reverse = Bank Negara Malaysia headquarters in Kuala Lumpur
RM50 : Obverse = Tuanku Abdul Rahman with the national flower, hibiscus)
Reverse = Malaysia's first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, oil palm trees
RM100 : Obverse = Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Reverse = Heavy Industrial, Proton car production line and engine

Malaysian plug

The Malaysian plug are of 3 kinds : 3 round-shaped holes in a triangular manner, 3 long-shaped holes in a triangular manner and 2 round-shaped holes side by side.



Voltage : 240 Volt
Frequency : 50 Herz

Japanese Yen

The Japanese yen (円 or 圓) (sign: ¥; code: JPY) is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most-traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling. As is common when counting in East Asia, large quantities of yen are often counted in multiples of 10,000 (万) in the same way as values in Western countries are often quoted in thousands.

History
The Japanese then decided to adopt a silver dollar coinage under the name of 'yen', meaning 'a round object'. The yen was officially adopted by the Meiji government in an Act signed on May 10, 1871. The new currency was gradually introduced beginning from July of that year. The yen replaced Tokugawa coinage, a complex monetary system of the Edo period based on the mon.
Instead of displaying the CE year of mintage like most nations' coins, yen coins instead display the year of the current emperor's reign. For example, a coin minted in 2009 would bear the date Heisei 21 (the 21st year of Emperor Akihito's reign).
Due to the discovery of a large number of counterfeit Series D banknotes at the end of 2004, all Series D banknotes except ¥2000 were virtually suspended on January 17, 2005, and officially suspended on April 2, 2007.

Coins
¥1 : Obverse = young tree, state title, value
Reverse = value, year of minting
¥5 : Obverse = ear of rice, gear, water, value
Reverse = state title, year of minting
¥10 : Obverse = Hōōdō Temple, Byōdō-in, state title, value
Reverse = evergreen tree, value, year of minting
¥50 : Obverse = chrysanthemum, state title, value
Reverse = value, year of minting
¥100 : Obverse = cherry blossoms, state title, value
Reverse = value, year of minting
¥500 : Obverse = Paulownia, state title, value
Reverse = Value, bamboo, Mandarin orange, year of minting, latent image

Banknotes
¥1000 : Obverse = Noguchi Hideyo
Reverse = Mt. Fuji, Lake Motosu and cherry blossoms
¥2000 : Obverse = Shurei-mon
Reverse = Scene from the Tale of Genji and portrait of Murasaki Shikibu
¥5000 : Obverse = Higuchi Ichiyō
Reverse = "Kakitsubata-zu"
¥10000 : Obverse = Fukuzawa Yukichi
Reverse = Statue of hōō (phoenix) from Byōdō-in Temple

Japanese plug

Japanese plug are of 2 types : 2 long-shaped holes side to side with a round hole on top, and 2 long-shaped holes side to side.

Voltage : 100 Volt
Frequency : 50 Herz and 60 Herz (East Japan 50 Hz (Tokyo, Kawasaki, Sapporo, Yokohama, and Sendai); West Japan 60 Hz (Okinawa, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya, Hiroshima))