$2 — Two Dollars
The artwork
Front: Mauve and rose, with a tongkang under full sail — the twin-masted lighter that once worked the Singapore River, named in small capitals at the left. A pale sun sits behind it and gulls scatter over the water; smaller craft crowd the foreground. Top left, the state arms with lion and tiger and the motto Majulah Singapura; the country's name runs in Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English. Serial LU 982616, vertical and horizontal, and the Minister for Finance's signature beside "This note is legal tender".
Back: A Chingay procession in fine line engraving: a dragon's head reared over the crowd, its bearer straining at the pole, a pearl-bearer lunging beneath, flag-carriers, drummers and costumed troupes in songkok and headdress, with feathered fans and firework bursts filling the right. A spray of orchids occupies the panel at lower left, the $2 in outline above it, and the printer's imprint runs along the bottom edge.
In circulation
Part of the Ship Series, Singapore's third set of notes, which ran from 1984 until the end of the 1990s; the $2 was a later addition to the family. It gave way to the Portrait Series $2, bearing Yusof bin Ishak, issued in 1999. Ship notes were withdrawn from issue but remain legal tender.
Details
- CurrencyDollar ($)
- DenominationTwo Dollars
- Collectedon the Singapore journeys, 1993–2005
- IssuerBoard of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore
- SeriesShip Series (third series)
- PrinterThomas De La Rue and Company Limited, imprinted on the back
- SignatureHu Tsu Tau (Richard Hu), Minister for Finance, with his Chinese seal
- WatermarkLion's head