Title
Ten cent Straits Settlements note
Year/Period
14 October 1919
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Dimension
Image size: L 11 x W 6.5 cm
Accession No.
1999-01252
Collection of
NLB Type
Cultural artefact
The Government of the Straits Settlements was given the authorisation to issue currency notes in 1898 by the Ordinance VIII of 1897. All Straits Settlements notes feature the emblem of the Straits Settlements, with the inscription, ‘The Government of the Straits Settlements promises to pay the bearer on demand at Singapore. Local currency for value received’.
