Sarawak dollar

Sarawak dollar

Sarawak dollar
Sarawak dollar of 1935
Unit
Symbol	$‎
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	cent
Banknotes	5, 10, 20, 25, 50 cents, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 dollars
Coins	1⁄4, 1⁄2, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents
Demographics
User(s)	Raj of Sarawak
Issuance
Central bank	Government of Sarawak
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

The dollar was the currency of the Raj of Sarawak from 1858 to 1953. It was subdivided into 100 cents. The dollar remained at par with the Straits dollar and its successor the Malayan dollar, the currency of Malaya and Singapore, from its introduction until both currencies were replaced by the Malaya and British Borneo dollar in 1953.

During the Japanese occupation period (1942–1945), paper money was issued in denominations ranging from 1 cent to 1,000 dollars. This currency was fixed at 1 dollar = 1 Japanese yen, compared to a 1:2 pre-war rate. Following the war, the Japanese occupation currency was declared worthless and the previous issues of the Sarawakian dollar regained their value relative to sterling (two shillings four pence).