Reference:
Pick: #8A , The Banknote Book: B108b
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Description
Malaya and British Borneo. Board of Commissioners of Currency. Dollar System. 1959-1961 Issues. 1 dollar type 1959. Date: March 1st, 1959. Dimensions: 120 x 63 mm. Watermark: Tiger head. Material: Paper. Segmented security thread. Printer: Thomas de La Rue & Co LTD, London, England. Front and back: polychrome printing predominantly green and blue. Sailing boat at left. Series A/xx and 6-digit s/n in black. Texts in English and Malay. Signature of Tun Lee Hau Shik. Description of the back: Fishermen pushing boat ashore. Guilloches patterns and coat of arms of the 5 Member States (Brunei, Sarawak, Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo).