Singapore
2Dollars
Two Singapore Dollars Banknote
- Country
- Singapore
- Issuer
- Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Series
- Portrait Series
- Type
- Horizontal note
- Material
- Polymer
- Size
- 126 × 63 mm
- Signature
- Chairman, Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Serial
- 6VA4 1 0 2 7 3
Currency Information
The story
The note shows Yusof bin Ishak, Singapore’s first President, with an Education theme on the back. Sources say the buildings are the schools he attended: Victoria School, Raffles Institution and the College of Medicine. Raffles Institution, founded in 1823, is Singapore’s oldest school. MAS began issuing the polymer $2 on 12 January 2006, keeping the familiar purple 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-green shaped window with repeating “Two Dollars” text, Merlion head registration device, red Chinese seal mark, Chairman’s signature with printed title, legal tender text, name caption
Back
Education theme: teacher addressing a crowd of students in the foreground, old school buildings with a columned arcade and a red-and-white brick building with a cross window, large tree, coat of arms of Singapore in a clear window, clear window with repeating numeral pattern, Merlion head, “Education” caption with three hollow stars, repeated “Majulah Singapura” microtext line
Watermark
Shadow image of Yusof bin Ishak in a clear window
