page_title: Singapore Portrait Series currency notes
section_title: $5 banknote
hierarchical_section_title: Singapore Portrait Series currency notes / Banknotes in general circulation / $5 banknote
caption_attribution_description: English: The tembusu tree (Fagraea fragrans) featured on the reverse of the Singaporean five-dollar bill at Lawn E, Singapore Botanic Gardens.
context_page_description: The Portrait Series of currency notes is the fourth and current set of notes to be issued for circulation in Singapore. It was first introduced on 9 September 1999 by the Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore, whose role was since taken over by the Monetary Authority of Singapore post-merger.
  This series features the portrait of Yusof bin Ishak, the first president of Singapore. The design has been simplified and new security features were introduced. Polymer versions of this series were released for general circulation by MAS as of 4 May 2004.
context_section_description: The gold-ringed cowrie is featured on the obverse background of the $5 banknote. Its reverse carries the theme of Garden City and features the 200-year-old tembusu tree at Singapore Botanic Gardens, as well as Singapore's national flower Vanda Miss Joaquim. Yusof was a keen-gardener who once made a living growing Orchids in Gombak, Kuala Lumpur before his appointment as president.
caption: The 200-year-old tembusu tree at Singapore Botanic Gardens is featured in the $5 banknote.
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