Do you have Malaysia $10 ringgit denomination with you right now? Please look at the upper left corner of the banknote. Do you see two dots for that banknote? Do you know what that dot for?
The dot is the Braille feature for the disabled people. The round Braille markings feature a layer of tactile ink printed in intaglio that can be felt by touching. This feature been implemented in
Malaysia currency starting from the 5th series banknote. Malaysia banknotes before that don’t have this kind of feature. You can read more from bank negara website:
http://www.bnm.gov.my/index.php?ch=23&pg=452&ac=22&security=1
I don't really know about the braille code but is something wrong with all the codes in Malaysia banknotes denomination? If you can see up here, this is a code for the 5th series $50 ringgit denomination. It got 5 dot and current $50 denomination only got 2 dot.
You can read more about braille here:
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/braille_deciphering.asp
Am I reading a wrong code or got different braille code for banknotes? Why banknotes that been issued in 1981 got different code? Is any of you collector out there know about this?
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