Yesterday, a 26th Asean Summit commemorative coins has been launched by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The coins are available in a a three-coin set (gold, coloured silver and nordic gold proof), priced at RM2,100, and a two-coin set (coloured silver and nordic gold proof, RM250). The Nordic Gold (B.U) coin has a face value of RM1 and will be sold at RM10 each.
These commemorative coins are issued by Bank Negara Malaysia and will be available for sale from 27 April 2015 at Sasana Kijang and all BNM branches located in Pulau Pinang, Johor Bahru, Kuala Terengganu, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching.
Bank Negara issued the coins etched with this year's Asean theme 'Our People, Our Community and Our Vision'. The centre of the coin features the image of the hornbill with the motif bintang-bintang and the image of Bunga Raya in the background. The flags of the ten (10) ASEAN countries are depicted circling the centre of the coin. The words ‘Bank Negara Malaysia’ as the issuing authority of the commemorative coin are featured on the upper circumference of the coin while the face value of the coin is inscribed on the lower circumference.
During his speech earlier at the joint welcoming dinner for Asean foreign and economic ministers, Muhyiddin spoke on the task of developing Asean's post-2015 Vision.
"It will form our regional roadmap for the next 10 years and set the tone for developments beyond. I trust this work is in full swing. Asean is a unique grouping of countries, and we share our own individual complicated history of strife. But we have come a long way; our founding fathers decided that while we should never forget, we should leave behind conflicts of the past. As a regional organisation, we have deep respect for each other's ethnicity, culture, religion and our chosen forms of government."
This is the 1st commemorative coins launch by Bank Negara this year, in 2014, BNM lauch 2 coins, 75 years Taman negara coins and 40 years Malaysia China diplomatic relationship.
Just want to remind everyone, we need to add 6% gst for the commemorative coins.
