This series was the most beautiful Straits Settlements bank notes in history and has inspired me to blog more on it. This issue was issued during the reign of King George V between 1916 to 1933 and the uneven cut of the bank notes wasn't due to the paper cutter machine unlike modern times but it was actually cut manually by the use of the ruler by workers in Thomas De La Rue Company UK.
This series printed in 1925 was a replacement of the previous series of $50 and $100 printed in 1916 without the portrait of King George V due to the existent of counterfeits during that time. These new designs included unlike those before a watermark security feature to counter the existent of counterfeits. The barely visible image is most easily identified by an elephant residing within each of the two round voids.
The notes featuring Chinese and Jawi wordings references to the issuing authority at the top and bottom of the note. This series was the first design to include the portrait of King George V with the prowling tiger framed beneath the portrait.
All of the denominations ($50 & &100 & $1000 & $10000) are identical in designs but were distinguished by different colours.
The larger denomination like $1,000 and $10,000 are meant for inter-bank transactions.
Happy reading while watching world cup through the quarter final. I hope Argentina and Brazil will meet each other in the final.
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