Refer to the following for interesting facts about Singapore's commemorative and numismatic currency.

Notes

• The $50 polymer commemorative note issued in 1990 was the first note to be designed by a local artist, Mr Chua Mia Tee.
• The SG50 $50 commemorative note won the International Association of Currency Affairs' (IACA) award for Best New Feature or Product in 2016.
• The innovative optical security feature on the Brunei-Singapore Currency Interchangeability Agreement 50th anniversary commemorative notes won the Best Applied Security Product award category at the Excellence in Holography Awards 2017.
• The unique security stripe with KINEGRAM COLORS® technology (known as KINEGRAM COLORS® with FLUX effect) on the Singapore Bicentennial (SB) note won the Best Applied Security Product award at the Excellence in Holography Awards 2019.

Coins

• The first gold coin (face-value $150) was issued in 1969 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles.
  • On the reverse, it bears the design of the Raffles Lighthouse with the inscription '150 Dollars'.
• The $5 uncirculated silver coin issued in 1973 was the first commemorative coin packaged together with a set of stamps for a Philatelic-Numismatic Cover. 
  • It was issued to commemorate the staging of the Southeast Asian Peninsular (SEAP) Games in Singapore and the opening of the National Stadium.
• The first platinum coin was the $500 Platinum Proof Coin issued in 1990 to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Singapore's Independence.
• The first piedfort coin (double thickness) was the $10 silver piedfort proof coin issued in 1992 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore (BCCS).
• The first Singapore coin to receive an international award was the $250 gold proof Year of the Tiger Coin (Second Chinese Almanac Series) issued in 1998. 
  • It was awarded the Best Gold Coin in the Coin of the Year Competition organised jointly by World Coins News and Krause Publication in 2000.
• The $5 millennium coin issued in 2000 is the first Singapore coin to have a latent image that shows the year-date "2000" and BCCS logo when viewed at different angles.
• The smallest Singapore coin is the $1 Gold Bullion coin, first issued in 2003. 
  • The size of the coin is 7.00 mm in diameter and its weight is 0.30 grams.
• The $10 silver piedfort coin issued in 2005 (Year of the Rooster) is the first almanac coin in full colour.
• The $10 gold cameo silver proof coin issued in 2005 to commemorate Singapore's 40 years of independence is the first commemorative coin with cameo (silver with gold insert) feature.
• Singapore's first rectangular coin is the $5 silver proof colour coin issued in 2010 to commemorate Singapore's 45 years of independence.