$100 — One Hundred Dollars
The artwork
Front: Yusof bin Ishak, Singapore's first President, in orange line engraving facing right — the head that fronts every note of this series. Left of him, the state arms with lion and tiger and the motto MAJULAH SINGAPURA; above, the country's name in Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English. A holographic patch sits beside the numeral, with the lion-head symbol and the Chairman's signature for the Monetary Authority of Singapore below.
Back: The series gives each denomination a theme; this one is YOUTH, marked by the word and three stars in the corner. A cadet in peaked cap holds a flagstaff at centre; behind him an orange flag tower and a lashed timber pioneering structure with youngsters clambering over it. At left, three uniformed young faces — nurse, girl cadet, boy in beret. The lion-head symbol sits at right.
In circulation
The Portrait series appeared in 1999, replacing the Ship series, and this hundred remains legal tender and in everyday use — the largest note still routinely printed since the thousand was discontinued. Later Portrait notes, like this one, carry the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Chairman rather than the old Board of Commissioners of Currency.
Details
- CurrencyDollar ($)
- DenominationOne Hundred Dollars
- Collectedon the Singapore journeys, 1993–2005
- IssuerMonetary Authority of Singapore
- SeriesPortrait series, YOUTH theme
- SignatureChairman, Monetary Authority of Singapore
- SecurityHolographic patch beside the numeral; lion-head symbol front and back
- Dimensions162 × 77 mm