Where were the Straits dollars printed?

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They were printed in the UK.

The Straits Dollar was initially printed by Thomas de la Rue of London at their UK plants from 1901 until 1930:

de la Rue

and later, from 1931 to 1935, by Bradbury Wilkinson at their plant in New Malden in Surrey:

Bradbury

The Straits Dollar was replaced by the Malayan dollar in 1939, at an exchange rate of 1:1

In fact, even after independence, Singapore currency notes continued to be printed in the UK right up until 1984:

Singapore’s currency notes were initially printed in the British plants of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd and Thomas De La Rue Ltd. In 1984, Thomas De La Rue established a plant in Jurong for the printing of Singapore currency notes

History of Singapore currency

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