Circulation Currency
Find out about Singapore notes and coins, what currency legal tender means, how to identify genuine currency and what you can do with mutilated (damaged) or past series currency.
Find out the history and security features of Singapore currency, guidelines for using images of Singapore currency, currency regulations and information about commemorative and numismatic currency.
MAS took over the currency issuance function following the merger with the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (BCCS) in October 2002.
All currency notes and coins issued since 1967 by MAS and the former BCCS are legal tender in Singapore, and are fully backed by MAS’ assets.
MAS also does the following: