In the days before independence in 1957 (British colonial) malaya currency issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya 1940-1952 uses a portrait currency His Majesty King George VI from 1940 - 1967 after which the Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya And British Borneo the issue of Malaya and British Borneo banknotes featuring the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabert II on tahun1953. The second series was released in 1959, better known as yachts and buffalo coin.