SINGAPORE

The republic of Singapore is a city state in south east Asia. the British took control in 1824 and two years later incorporated it into the Straits settlements under the control of British India.during WWII the Japanese invaded and in 1942 the British surrendered but took control again in 1945 when Japan surrendered.In 1959 Singapore became a self governing state within the commonwealth and in 1963 declared independence from Britain but Joined The federation of Malaysia. In 1965 the Malaysian government voted to expel Singapore and it became an independent republic.

monetary Units:
1 Dollar = 100 Cents

The Noes above all have the theme of "ships"  on the front of each note, they are the 10 dollar note from 1988, with The Trader Vessel Palari and public housing on the reverse. The 5 Dollar note has  "twakow" boats on the front and PSA container terminal on the reverse. its from 1997. The first of our $2 notes is in orange and is from 1990 with a Tongkang boat and the reverse has the Chingay procession . The violet and pink $2 is from 1992 and has the Tongkang boat and the chingay procession again and is almost identical to the 1998 issue except that it has a different printer - our one is printed by Thomas de la Rue & co ltd (TDLR). Finally, for this section, here is the $1 note from 1987 with the Sha Chuen on the front and a satellite tracking station on the reverse.

Another theme that Singapore banknotes have are Birds. This one is the $1 note from 1976. It has a Black-naped tern on the front and the national day parade on the reverse

I think I've left the best until last !! this is the $20 note from 1979, it has the Yellow breasted Sunbird on the front and Concorde taking off over Changi international airport, on the reverse. I love the unusual colours used on the front of this note and the sunbird is one of the prettiest birds I've seen.
definitely one of my favourites from the more modern notes.