Editing Malaysian ringgit (section)

=== Commemorative banknotes ===
====1998 Commonwealth Games====
To commemorate the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], a commemorative RM50 [[polymer banknote]] was issued on 1 June 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kuala Lumpur 98 - XVI Commonwealth Games RM50 Commemorative Polymer Banknote|url=http://www.bnm.gov.my/index.php?ch=en_press&pg=en_press&ac=3023&lang=en|website=Bank Negara Malaysia|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> This was the first polymer banknote to be issued by Central Bank of Malaysia and was printed by [[Note Printing Australia]] (NPA). A total of 500,000 sets were issued. They were sold in special packaging and at a premium price of 80 ringgit. This note is hardly ever seen in normal usage, its use being a collector's commemorative.

====50th Anniversary of Independence====
On 21 December 2007, Central Bank of Malaysia issued a commemorative 50 ringgit banknote to commemorate Malaysia's 50th Anniversary of Independence.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bank Negara Malaysia Issues New Design for RM50 Banknote to Commemorate Malaysia's 50th Anniversary of Independence|url=http://www.bnm.gov.my/index.php?ch=en_press&pg=en_press&ac=653&lang=en|website=Bank Negara Malaysia|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> The design was that of the 50 ringgit banknote of the fourth series, except with the additional logo of the 50th Anniversary of Independence at the top right of the reverse side, and the inscription "1957-2007" also on the reverse side of the banknote. The regular 50 ringgit notes which were issued later from 2009 onward did not carry these additional design features

A total of 50 million banknotes which bore the commemorative design, with serial number letter prefixes from AA to AE, were issued. Subsequent regular banknotes had serial number prefixes from AF onward. Of the 50 million commemorative banknotes, the first 20,000 were sold with a special packaging at a premium price of 60 ringgit.

====60th Anniversary of the Signing of the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement====
On 14 December 2017, [[Central Bank of Malaysia]] announced the issue of two paper-polymer hybrid commemorative banknotes in conjunction with the sixtieth anniversary of the Signing of the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement. The banknotes were in the denominations of 60 ringgit and 600 ringgit.  The 60 ringgit note was also made available in a 3-in-1 format.<ref>{{cite web|title=Issuance of Commemorative Banknotes in conjunction with the 60th Anniversary of the Signing of the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement|url=http://www.bnm.gov.my/index.php?ch=en_press&pg=en_press&ac=4573&lang=en|website=Bank Negara Malaysia|access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref>

The 600 ringgit note is the largest legal tender banknote in terms of size to be issued in the world, measuring 370mm by 220mm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tomchao.com/trivia.html |title=Tom Chao's Paper Money Gallery |access-date=18 October 2018 |author=Tom Chao |publisher=Tom Chao |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050829083420/http://tomchao.com/trivia.html |archive-date=29 August 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The notes were released for sale online on 29 December 2017 at a premium, with the 60 ringgit note sold at 120 ringgit, the 3-in-1 60 ringgit note at 500 ringgit and the 600 ringgit note at 1,700 ringgit. The print run for the 60 ringgit note was 60,000 while that for both the 3-in-1 60 ringgit and 600 ringgit note were at 6,000.

====Summary of commemorative banknotes====
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
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!colspan="9"|Commemorative
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!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!rowspan="2"| Dimensions !!rowspan="2"| Main colour !!colspan="2"| Description !!rowspan="2"| Date of issue !!rowspan="2"|Remark
|-
! Obverse !! Reverse !! Obverse !! Reverse
|-
|  style="text-align:center;"|[http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/ASI/MLY/MLY0045.htm]
|  style="text-align:center;"|[http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/ASI/MLY/MLY0045.htm]
| RM50
| 152 × 76&nbsp;mm
| Yellow and green
| [[Tuanku Abdul Rahman]], the skyline of [[Kuala Lumpur]] (with the [[Petronas Twin Towers]])
| [[Bukit Jalil National Stadium|Bukit Jalil Sports complex]]
| 1 June 1998
| Polymer ([[Biaxially-oriented polypropylene]])
|-
|  style="text-align:center;"|[http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/ASI/MLY/MLY0049.htm]
|  style="text-align:center;"|[http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/ASI/MLY/MLY0049.htm]
| RM50
| 145 × 69&nbsp;mm
| Blue and green
| Tuanku Abdul Rahman with the national flower, hibiscus
| Malaysia's first Prime Minister, [[Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj]] and the logo of the 50th Anniversary of Independence. [[Oil palm]] trees
| 26 December 2007 
| First 20,000 identified with yellow border at both sides (Prefix from AA 0000001 to AA 0020000).
|-
|  style="text-align:center;"|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181018161735/http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/ASI/MLY/MLYW2018-060.htm]
|  style="text-align:center;"|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181018161735/http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/ASI/MLY/MLYW2018-060.htm]
| RM60
| 162 × 84&nbsp;mm
| Yellow and green
| Royal throne encircled by the portraits of 15 Yang di-Pertuan Agong
| Portraits of the nine rulers signing the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement, silhouette of [[Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj]], National Palace, Perdana Putra, Parliament building and Palace of Justice
| 14 December 2017
| Polymer and paper substrate
|-
|  style="text-align:center;"|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181018161810/http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/ASI/MLY/MLYW2018-600.htm]
|  style="text-align:center;"|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181018161810/http://banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/ASI/MLY/MLYW2018-600.htm]
| RM600
| 370 × 220&nbsp;mm
| Yellow and green
| Royal throne encircled by the portraits of 15 Yang di-Pertuan Agong
| Portraits of the nine rulers signing the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement, silhouette of [[Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj]], National Palace, Perdana Putra, Parliament building and Palace of Justice
| 14 December 2017 
| Polymer and paper substrate
|-
|colspan="9"|{{Standard banknote table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}}
|}

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