Singapore dollar

Also known as SGD, S$, $, dollar, dollars, Ringgit Singapore

official currency of Singapore

AI overview

The Singapore dollar is the official money used in Singapore for buying and selling goods and services. It matters because it's essential for conducting everyday transactions and commerce in one of the world's major financial centers.

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Vinony's link graph records 1,354 inbound references to Singapore dollar, and connects out to Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore and United States dollar.

It sits within the topics Circulating currencies, Currencies introduced in 1967 and Currencies of Asia.

Vinony links it to 71 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: dollar
Country: Singapore

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start time: 1967-06-12
unit symbol: S$
currency sign: dollar sign
central bank/issuer: Monetary Authority of Singapore
price: 0.6691
replaces: Malaya and British Borneo dollar
Commons category: Money of Singapore
subdivision of this unit: cent
conversion to standard unit: 1.164144353899884
different from: New Zealand dollar
applies to jurisdiction: Singapore

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Encyclopedic overview

Malay name MalayDolar/Ringgit Singapura Tamil name Tamilசிங்கப்பூர் வெள்ளி Ciṅkappūr Veḷḷi

The Singapore dollar (sign: S$; code: SGD) is the official currency of the Republic of Singapore. It is divided into 100 cents (Malay: sen, Chinese: 分; pinyin: fēn, Tamil: காசு, romanized: kācu). It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issues the banknotes and coins of the Singapore dollar.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Singapore dollar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.