Malaysia Banknotes - 1982 Second Series

On 12 June 1967, the Malaysian dollar, issued by the new central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, replaced the Malaya and British Borneo dollar at par.  The new currency retained all denominations of its predecessor except the $10,000 denomination, and also brought over the colour schemes of the old dollar.

The Malay names ringgit and sen were officially adopted as the sole official names in August 1975.  In 1993, the currency symbol "RM" was introduced to replace the use of the dollar sign "$".

The word ringgit is an obsolete term for "jagged" in Malay and was originally used to refer to the serrated edges of silver Spanish dollars which circulated widely in the area during the 16th and 17th century Portuguese colonial era. In modern usage ringgit is used almost solely for the currency.

Malaysian currency is officially referred to as Ringgit Malaysia, hence the official abbreviation and currency symbol RM.  Internationally, the ISO 4217 currency code for Malaysian ringgit is MYR.

History

1982 ^2a – banknotes with 3rd BNM’s Governor ( Abdul Aziz bin Taha ) signature : $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, and $1000 denominations introduced

1985 ^2b – mark for the blind on upper left corner was removed

1993 – $1 notes were discontinued and replaced by  $1 coins

1999 ^2c – new banknotes with 6th BNM’s Governor ( Ali Abu Hassan ) signature 
1999 – RM500 & RM1000 notes were discontinued and ceased to be legal tender

Second Series

2a ( 1982 - with blind mark)
BNM 3rd Governor - Abdul Aziz Taha

2b ( 1982 - without blind mark)

BNM 4th Governor - Jaafar Hussein

2c ( 1999 )

BNM 5th Governor - Ahmad M Don

Bank Negara Malaysia’s Governors :