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Republic of Singapore (1965-present)
Denomination: 1 cent
Year indicated on the coin: 1975
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1967-1976
Metal: bronze
Diameter: 17.78 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Type of edge: smooth
Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: as part of Singapore's extensive beautification program since 1965, slums crowded with ethnically homogeneous populations have been demolished and their inhabitants relocated to new mixed-story high-rise buildings; just such a state high-rise building is depicted on the coin; Singapore has one of the most successful public housing programs in the world - today 85% of the country's population lives in government-provided housing
Denomination: 5 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1970
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1967-1985
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 16.26 mm. (Information from the Singapore Mint website)
Type of edge: ribbed
Relative position of obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the Krause dictionary indicates that the coin depicts a great egret in the nest (
Denomination: 5 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1971
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1971
Metal: aluminum
Diameter: 21.23 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Type of edge: smooth
Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin depicts a fish called pomfret (more photo); there are eight genera and twenty species of this fish, there is no detailed information about the fish depicted on this coin on the Singapore Mint website; the inscriptions on the right scan of the coin can be translated as - "increase production" and "more food from the sea"
Denomination: 10 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1983
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1967-1985
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 19.41 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Type of edge: ribbed
Relative position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: on the coin, against the background of algae, a fish called a seahorse (
Denomination: 20 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1967
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1967-1985
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 23.6 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Type of edge: ribbed
Relative position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the swordfish (swordfish) is depicted on the coin
Denomination: 50 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1982
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1967-1985
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 27.76 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Edge type: ribbed
Relative position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: according to information from the Singapore Mint website, this coin depicts a lionfish or lionfish - a fish of the scorpion family; several species of fish are generically called by this name, so I don’t know which species of this fish is depicted on the coin (
Denomination: 5 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1988
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1985-1991
Metal: aluminum bronze
Diameter: 16.75 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Edge type: ribbed
Relative position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: depicted on the coin
Denomination: 10 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1986
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1985-1991
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 18.5 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Edge type: ribbed
Relative position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin depicts Jasminum multiflorum or it is also called
Denomination: 20 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1986
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1985-1991
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 21.36 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Edge type: ribbed
Relative position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: depicted on the coin
Denomination: 50 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1985
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1985-1988
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 24.66 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Edge type: ribbed
Relative position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin depicts laxative allamanda (Allamanda cathartica); allamanda is an evergreen liana shrub with a woody stem, about 8 m long, native to the tropics of America and Brazil; allamanda laxative has two cultivated varieties - grandiflora (pale yellow flowers) and hendersonii (golden yellow flowers); what kind of allamanda is depicted on the coin on the Singapore Mint website is not indicated (more photo; photo)
Denomination: 50 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1990
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1989-1991
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 24.66 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Type of edge: smooth, with an inscribed inscription: REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
and the image of a lion's muzzle ("Singa Pura" - translated in Malay as the city of a lion; the muzzle of a lion as the country's logo was approved in 1986 in as an alternative national symbol)
Relative position of obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin depicts laxative allamanda (Allamanda cathartica); the genus Allamanda includes 12 species (in another source - 15 species) of evergreen shrubs and lianas from the forests of tropical North, Central and South America; the most common type is allamanda laxative; the genus is named after the naturalist-botanist, Professor Frederic-Louis Allamand (more photo)
Denomination: 1 cent
Year indicated on the coin: 1994
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1992-2000
Metal: zinc plated with copper
Diameter: 15.9 mm. (Information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Type of edge: smooth
Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the national flower of Singapore is depicted on the coin
Denomination: 5 cents
Year indicated on the coin: 1995
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1992-2001
Metal: aluminum bronze
Diameter: 16.75 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Edge type: ribbed
Relative position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: depicted on the coin
Denomination: 1 dollar
Year indicated on the coin: 1995
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1992-2000
Metal: aluminum bronze
Diameter: 24.4 mm. (information from the Mint of Singapore website)
Type of edge: ribbed, with an inscribed inscription: REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
and an image of a lion's muzzle
Relative position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin depicts the rose plant catharanthus (Catharanthus roseus) or pink periwinkle or another name - pink lochnera (Lochnera rosea); when scientists first saw the plant, they decided that it was the closest relative of the periwinkle, widely known in Europe, and therefore they placed it in this genus and for a long time the plant was called pink or Madagascar periwinkle; but then botanists took a closer look at him and realized that there was a mistake and this species migrated first to the genus Lochnera (Lochnera), and then to the genus Ammocallis (Ammocallis) and only in 1837 a new genus was described - catharanthus (Catharanthus); while scientists were putting things in order in the classification, flower growers got used to the name pink periwinkle and still rarely use the correct name - catharanthus