General Information on Malaysian Banknotes: RM50
Bank Negara Malaysia is issuing a new RM50 note, the second highestdenomination in a new design Malaysian currency notes series (3rdseries). The new series incorporate new security features and retainsome of the existing security features to deter counterfeiting. The newseries will circulate alongside the existing series until the existingseries are gradually phased out.
Thetheme of the new series, "Wawasan 2020" reflects Malaysia's economicdevelopment and achievement towards a fully developed country. For theRM50 denomination, the background motif depicts the mining sector. Thisis represented by a central oil drilling platform together withwellhead control valves. In the background are images of oil pipes -symbolic of the many branches of the oil industry. The new series willalso use RM as the currency symbol for the Malaysian Ringgit.
The security features of the RM50 denomination are highlighted here as a guide to the public.These features include the security thread with the repeated "BNMRM50" text, three-dimensional watermark portrait, optical variablestrip known as "LEAD®", anticopy feature known as "PEAK®" andsecurity fibres in the paper. The new RM50 note retains the green andblue predominant colours of the existing design RM50 note. The size ofthe note is also slightly reduced to facilitate easier handling and tobe consistent with size reduction of other denominations in the newseries. The intaglio (raised printing) of the portrait of the firstSeri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong is retained as a dominantfeature.
The design layout for the Bank's logo in the top left hand corner,the denomination numeral and serial numbering, matches alreadyestablished layout for the RM2 and RM10 new design denominations. Also,the perfect see-through hibiscus (in register with the front of thedesign) has been included on the central top and bottom edges as acommon feature in the new series.

Ahorizontal "novel" style serial number is positioned in the top lefthand corner, printed in black magnetic fluorescent ink. On the righthand edge of the note (to the right of the portrait watermark), avertical "novel" serial number is printed in red fluorescent ink.
The public is advised to look carefully to differentiate the genuinenotes from the counterfeits based on the features as outlined.
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