![]() Despite gaining full independence in 1965, Singapore only began issuing its own currency, the Singapore dollar, from 1967 onwards.Īrtefacts uncovered at various archaeological digs have shown that Singapore (then known as Temasek) was a bustling trading settlement in the 14th century. These included Chinese coins in the 14th century Spanish and other silver dollars for much of the 19th century despite official attempts to introduce the Indian rupee between 18 the Straits dollar from 1903 to 1939 the Malayan dollar from 1940 to 1953, except during the Japanese Occupation (1942–45) when “banana money” was used and the Malaya and British Borneo dollar from 1953 to 1967. ![]() A variety of currencies were used in Singapore during different periods in its history. ![]()
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