Singapore
5Dollars
Five Singapore Dollars Banknote
- Country
- Singapore
- Issuer
- Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Series
- Portrait Series
- Type
- Horizontal note
- Material
- Polymer
- Size
- 133 × 66 mm
- Signature
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam
- Serial
- 5BK3 0 3 7 8 2
Currency Information
The story
The back shows the 200-year-old tembusu tree at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, nicknamed the Five-Dollar Tree, with Vanda Miss Joaquim orchids, Singapore’s national flower. Yusof bin Ishak, Singapore’s first President, whose portrait is on the front, was a keen gardener who grew orchids. MAS began issuing the polymer $5 on 18 May 2007, keeping the green Portrait Series design.
Front
Portrait of Yusof bin Ishak, Singapore’s first President, in a suit and tie, coat of arms of Singapore (lion and tiger supporters, crescent and five stars, “Majulah Singapura” scroll) in a clear window, “Singapura”, Chinese, Tamil and “Singapore” lettering, gold-brown shaped window with repeating “Five Dollars” text, Merlion head registration device, red Chinese seal mark, Chairman’s signature with printed title, legal tender text, name caption
Back
Garden City theme: old tembusu tree (Fagraea fragrans) with a long low branch at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, pink Vanda Miss Joaquim orchids, city skyscrapers in the background, coat of arms of Singapore in a clear window, clear window with repeating numeral pattern, gold and green Merlion head, “Garden City” caption with one diamond symbol, repeated “Majulah Singapura” microtext line
Watermark
Shadow image of Yusof bin Ishak in a clear window
