Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo

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The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo was the regional monetary authority responsible for managing and issuing a common currency for Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, North Borneo, and Brunei during the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf currency board ⓘ
monetary authority ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Malaya ⓘ
North Borneo ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
countryServed Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Malaya ⓘ
North Borneo ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
currencyIssued Malaya and British Borneo dollar ⓘ
currencyTypeIssued banknotes ⓘ
coins ⓘ
dissolvedReason emergence of national central banks in member territories ⓘ
function ensure adequate supply of currency ⓘ
maintain currency stability ⓘ
headquartersLocation Singapore ⓘ
historicalSignificance provided a common currency for multiple British territories in Southeast Asia ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
legalForm statutory body ⓘ
mainRole issue common currency ⓘ
manage regional currency system ⓘ
monitored currency circulation in Brunei ⓘ
currency circulation in Malaya ⓘ
currency circulation in North Borneo ⓘ
currency circulation in Sarawak ⓘ
currency circulation in Singapore ⓘ
operatedUnder British colonial administration ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Office
operatingPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
partOf British colonial monetary system ⓘ
regionServed Southeast Asia ⓘ
replacedBy Bank Negara Malaysia ⓘ
Brunei Currency and Monetary Board ⓘ
Monetary Authority of Singapore ⓘ
replacedCurrencyAuthorityFor British Borneo territories ⓘ
linked to: British Borneo

Malaya ⓘ
sector finance ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
supervised design and issuance of Malaya and British Borneo banknotes ⓘ
design and issuance of Malaya and British Borneo coins ⓘ
usedBy Malaya and British Borneo dollar area ⓘ

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Malaya and British Borneo dollar → issuingAuthority → Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo ⓘ
Board of Commissioners of Currency, Straits Settlements → replacedBy → Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo ⓘ