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Country: Malaysia
Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Currency: Malaysian ringgit
Code number: 458
Letter code: MYR
Malaysia owns two plots of land which lies between the South China sea: the North coast of the island of Kalimantan (aka Borneo) and South of the Malay Peninsula (with the surrounding Islands, of course). Only possession of Malaysia is nearly 330 thousand square kilometers. The number of Malaysians who inhabit them thirty million. The capital of the state (and in addition to a huge metropolis) – Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysian ringgit, equaling one hundred sen, a young currency, it is the official currency of Malaysia since 1967. He passed the baton to the dollar Malaya and British Borneo.
The first in the wallets of Malaysians got the trifle: 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 sen. In 1971 catalogue of the coins of Malaysia joined 1 ringgit.
In 1989, the coinage of the first series stopped and snapped a series of two. The design of the coins has been updated. They bloomed hibiscus, and settled subjects of culture and life of Malaysians.
Coins the first series has been used by Malaysians for payments until 2008. But the 1 ringgit was removed from circulation early in 2005.
In 2001 saw the light of a number of gold coins: 50, 100, and 200 MYR. The price of these coins Malaysia not stable: it regulate global prices of gold.
The cost of daily coins Malaysia determines their age, rarity and degree of wear. But buy Malaysian coins is possible.
