New Malaysia RM50 banknotes
Bank Negara announces the new design of RM50 banknote from 15th July 2009.This new note will be replacing the existing series. The previous design was introduced in December 2007. Within two years time, they have introduced another new design which come with various of innovative security! Based on the statements from Bank Negara, the new security features are:
The Colour Shifting Security Thread which replaces the existing security thread and is embedded in the paper. The thread appears on the reverse side of the note as coloured intermittent lines. When held against light, it is seen as a continuous dark coloured line and the repeated text of BNM RM50 can be read. When the note is tilted, the colour of the thread changes from red to green and vice versa. Under ultra-violet light, the repeated text of BNM RM50 will fluoresce yellow and the thread is seen as a continuous fluorescent yellow line when the banknote is viewed from the obverse.
The Two-Coloured Fluorescent Elements is an additional invisible printed feature on the reverse of the note. Under ultra-violet light, a complex design two-colour numeral 50 will fluoresce.
If you are a banknote collector, then you should keep few RM50 banknotes because they will stop the production of old design in future. I am not the collector, but I know there are a lot of them like to collect it.