SG50 Commemorative Notes

Hello everyone! 

I am sure many of us would have collected the limited edition SG50 commemorative notes by now. I have collected mine and here are some of the pictures and my comments. Yes, I was very excited to collect the notes. However, when I received them, I was not that impressed. 

First of all, a little background information about myself. I love collecting Singapore currencies. I have currencies from the orchid series to the current limited edition SG50 series. 

The 50 dollar note of the SG50 series is impressive. I love the idea of gold as it represents the Golden Jubilee. Having the image of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew makes it very significant. I also like the idea of the lenticular printing of the years 1965 and 2015 right below the image of the Mr Lee Kuan Yew. However, I personally feel they could have added more colours here and there while maintaining an overall gold.

SG50 Limited $50 note - front

SG50 Limited $50 note - back

 What disappointed me was the 5 different designs of the $10 notes. I felt it was very uninspired. The designs were very "bleah". I only liked the 'safe and secure' design (the 1st note in the picture below). The rest had no design element, it felt as though they just threw in some designs to fill it up. :(

5 designs of the SG50 $10 notes.

Instead of printing 5 different designs of the $10 note, they could have considered releasing the $1, $2, $5 and $20 notes. To make it even more special, they could have released a $25 note. As someone who collects series of old currencies, this idea would have been spectacular. Below are the comparisons of our old and new notes. My husband and I prefer the $50 note of the Bird series. We think it is due to a mix of few colours, making it look unique and eye-catching. :) 

$50 Singapore notes are ranked from oldest to newest (front view). From the top: Orchid series, Bird series, Ship series and SG50 series.

$50 Singapore notes are ranked from oldest to newest (front view). From the top: Orchid series, Bird series, Ship series and SG50 series.

$1 Singapore notes are ranked from oldest to newest (front view). From the top: Orchid series, Bird series and Ship series.

$5 Singapore notes are ranked from oldest to newest (front view). From the top: Bird series and Ship series.

$20 Singapore notes are ranked from oldest to newest (front view). From the top: Bird series and the limited edition note.

If you have any comments about the new SG50 notes or the old ones, please feel free to comment! :) Hope you all enjoyed reading this post. Have a great week ahead!