Special Editions
Apart from commemorating occasions through specially designed notes, Singapore also commemorates them by issuing special-edition notes. Special editions use the same design as an existing circulation note or a newly-design commemorative note, but spot a unique feature, such as an overprint, a unique prefix, curated numbers, or an uncut version. Special edition notes are almost always issued in very limited numbers, and are therefore rare and highly valued.
1990: 25th Anniversary, Independence of Singapore
This note uses the design of the SG25 $50 commemorative note, but includes an overprint “9 August 1990”, marking the exact date of Singapore’s 25th anniversary. The note also comes with the prefix A reserved for these special editions. 300,000 pieces were issued.
SG25
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $90
(2024)
1992: 25 Years of Currency Issue & 25th Anniversary of BCCS
This note uses the design of the Ship $2 note, but includes an overprint statement: “25 Years of Currency Issue, 1967-1992, Board of Commissoners of Currency, Singapore, 12th June 1992”, along with the BCCS logo. Interestingly, the overprint came with a spelling error—a missing “i” in “Commissioners”—and some collectors therefore regard this as an error note. The prefix JB is reserved for this commemorative note, and 5,000 pieces were issued.
S2-1992
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $800
(2024)
This uncut sheet uses the design of the Ship $2 note, but includes an overprint statement “In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore, 12 June 1992”, along with the BCCS logo. The sheet consists of 25 uncut pieces of the Ship $2, all of which are prefixed NR. 20,000 sheets were issued.
S2 2-in-1 sheet
PMG 64, no remarks
Market Price: $172
(2024)
1996: 25th Anniversary, Monetary Authority of Singapore
This uncut sheet uses the design of the 1996 MAS 25th anniversary commemorative note. It consists of 20 uncut pieces of the note, bearing the serial numbers 300001, which have been reserved for these special editions. 3000 sheets were issued.
MAS25 3-in-1 sheet
PMG 64, no remarks
Market Price: $525
(2024)
1997: 100 Years of Currency Board System & 30th Anniversary of BCCS
This uncut sheet uses the design of the Ship $100 note. It contains 28 uncut pieces of the note, with the overprint “100 Years of Currency Board System in Singapore”, along with the BCCS 30th anniversary logo. It bears the prefix A38, and only 100 sheets were issued.
S100 3-in-1 sheet
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $2,100
(2024)
This uncut sheet uses the design of the Ship $5 note. It contains 40 uncut pieces of the note, overprinted with the BCCS logo and the BCCS 30th anniversary logo. It bears the prefix B28 to B37, and 1,000 sheets were issued.
S5 2-in-1 sheet
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $160
(2024)
1999: Launch of Portrait Series
This set of 0AA notes is based on the Portrait series $2 to $100 notes, with all denominations of each set carrying the first prefix 0AA along with an identical serial number. It was easier for BCCS to curate such sets then because all denominations of the Portrait series notes were issued on the same date. 5,000 sets were issued.
P2-P100 first prefix set
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $835
(2024)
This set of 0YI notes is based on the Portrait series $2 to $10000 notes. To commemorate President Yusof Ishak, a special prefix 0YI was created. These were the only banknotes in Singapore’s history to contain the letter “I” in their prefix—”I” is always omitted to avoid confusion with the number 1. All denominations of each set carried the same 0YI prefix, along with an identical serial number. The government issued 100 sets of the $2-$10000 collection, 1000 sets of the $2 to $1000 collection, and 10000 sets of the $2 to $100 collection.
P2-P100 0YI set
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $1,252
(2024)
P1000 0YI single piece
PMG 63 EPQ
Market Price: $3,000
(2024)
1999: Launch of Yusof Ishak Books
This note uses the design of the Portrait $2 note. As part of the launch of the Portrait series notes, three books were printed to commemorate President Ishak. One book was titled: “President Yusof Ishak and the Portrait Notes”. Issued with this book was a commemorative Portrait $2 note that contained the 0ZZ prefix, even though the prefix ZZ was usually used for replacement notes. Another book launched was a paperback book The Presidential Notes. This note uses the design of the Portrait $10 note, and again carries the 0ZZ prefix. It is unknown how many pieces of this pair of notes were issued.
P2 Identical serial number pair
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $120
(2024)
P10 Identical serial number pair
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $160
(2024)
The third book launched was a hardcover version of The Presidential Notes. Along with the launch of this book was a Specimen Portrait $10000 note. The note is overprinted with the word SPECIMEN, and carries the prefix 8PN, with PN abbreviating “Presidential Notes”. It is unknown how many pieces of this note were issued.
P10000 Specimen
PMG 66 EPQ
Market Price: $1,400
(2024)
Shortly after the issue of the Portrait $10000 specimen note, the government released a Portrait $1000 specimen note. The note is perforated with the word ‘SPECIMEN’, and like the $10000 version, also contains the prefix 8PN. It is believed that 450 pieces of this note was printed, but fewer than 100 pieces remain in circulation today. It appears a large quantity of these specimen notes were destroyed some years ago after someone tried to pass them off as genuine notes.
P1000 Specimen
PMG 58 EPQ
Market Price: $3,600
(2024)
1999: Arrival Of 2nd Millennium
This uncut sheet uses the design of the 1999 Millennium $2 commemorative note, which is itself based on the Portrait $2 with a Millennium logo and a seven-digit serial number. It consists of 50 uncut pieces of the note, bearing the serial numbers starting with 20 and 21. 2000 sheets were issued.
M2 3-in-1 sheet
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $84
(2024)
This set consists of three pieces of the 1999 Millennium $2 commemorative note, with the first digits forming a running number, and the subsequent six digits being identical. It is unknown how many sets were issued.
M2 Running set
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $21
(2024)
2002: Handover of Currency Issuing From BCCS to MAS
This set consists of two Portrait $50 notes with identical serial numbers. One piece is signed by outgoing BCCS Chairman Hu Tsu Tau and prefixed 1HF, and the second piece is signed by incoming Chairman Lee Hsien Loong and prefixed 1HL. The second piece also contains an overprint of the BCCS and MAS logos, the years “1967 to 2002” below the BCCS logo, and an arrow pointing from BCCS to MAS, signifying the handover of duties between the two agencies. 5,000 sets were issued.
P50-2002 Pair
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $1,380
(2024)
This sheet contains 32 uncut pieces of the BCCS-MAS handover Portrait $50 note, which is signed by incoming BCCS Chairman Lee Hsien Loong, prefixed 1HL, and overprinted with the BCCS and MAS logos. Only 200 sheets were issued.
P50 2-in-1 sheet
PMG 64, no remarks
Market Price: $1,400
(2024)
2004: Inaugural Note Issue by MAS
This note uses the design of the Portrait $10 polymer note, but includes an overprint “Commemorative First Issue by MAS” with an MAS logo, and prefixed MAS. 9,300 pieces were issued.
P10-2004
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $410
(2024)
This sheet contains 35 uncut pieces of the MAS inaugural issue note, and contains either solid, consecutive or auspicious numbers. 9 sheets of solid numbers were issued, 9 sheets of consecutive numbers, and 2 sheets of auspicious numbers.
P10 2-in-1 sheet, from solid number sheet
PMG 66 EPQ
Market Price: $2,200
(2024)
2007: 40th Anniversary, Currency Interchangeability Agreement with Brunei
This sheet contains either 3 or 24 uncut pieces of the 2007 CIA40 $20 commemorative notes, all prefixed 0AA. 200 sheets of the 3-in-1 version were issued, and 25 sheets of the 24-in-1 version.
CIA40 3-in-1 sheet
PMG 66 EPQ
Market Price: $1,200
(2024)
This set contains a pair of the 2007 CIA40 $20 commemorative notes, both bearing an identical serial number. One is the Singapore version prefixed SGD and overprinted with “40th Anniversary Currency Interoperability Agreement”, along with the state crests of Singapore and Brunei. The other is the Bruneian version prefixed BND. 10,000 sets were issued in Singapore, and 2,000 sets in Brunei.
CIA40 Pair
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $450
(2024)
2015: 50th Anniversary, Independence of Singapore
This note uses the design of the 2015 SG50 $50 commemorative note. It contains a special prefix SG50, and the vertical serial numbers are printed in blue. 50,000 pieces were issued.
SG50-50
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $100
(2024)
This set contains one piece of the SG50 $50 commemorative note, and five pieces of the SG50 $10 note, all bearing an identical serial number starting with 00. The $50 note is prefixed 50AA and the $10 notes are all prefixed 5AA. 5,000 sets were issued.
SG50-50 & SG50-10 set
PMG 65 to 68 EPQ
Market Price: $1,100
(2024)
This sheet contains three uncut pieces of the SG50 $50 commemorative special-edition note, all prefixed SG50 with blue vertical serial numbers. 5,000 sheets were issued.
SG50-50 3-in-1 sheet
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $630
(2024)
This sheet contains three uncut pieces of the SG50 $10 commemorative note with identical serial numbers. 50 sheets of each variant—Race, Security, Families, Opportunities, and Citizenry—were issued.
SG50-10 3-in-1 sheet
PMG 66 EPQ
Market Price: $2,880
(2024)
2017: 50th Anniversary, Currency Interchangeability Agreement with Brunei
This sheet contains 3 uncut pieces of the 2017 CIA50 $50 commemorative notes, all prefixed 50AA. 3,000 sheets were issued.
CIA50 3-in-1 sheet
PMG 65 EPQ
Market Price: $510
(2024)
This set contains a pair of the 2017 CIA50 $50 commemorative notes, one Singapore and one Brunei version. Both notes have an identical prefix CIA, and an identical serial number. 5,000 sets were issued.
CIA50 Pair
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $600
(2024)
2019: Bicentennial, Founding of Modern Singapore
This sheet contains 3 uncut pieces of the 2019 Bicentennial $20 note, all prefixed AA, reserved for uncut sheets. 5,000 sheets were issued.
B200 3-in-1 sheet
Ungraded, brand new
Market Price: $510
(2024)