Tuesday 14 June 2011

SGD 1 for "Vinegar-faced"to"smile"?

(Singapore 14 News) Singapore 1 yuan coin "Vinegar-faced"to"smile", and Feng Shui related?

Spread of the Internet on a "story of Singapore 1 per coin, " that was originally here 1 per coin, "Vinegar-faced", the 1997 financial crisis, there is feng shui master suggested that it be changed to "smile", the purpose of transit.

According to the contents of this email, the back of coins minted in 1990, the national emblem engraved below the "Majulah Singapura" banner was up curved arch, corners are down, so a coin just like a "miserable face. "

Web story said that with "Vinegar-faced, "the silver coins have been circulating in China until the 1997 Asian financial crisis struck, a feng shui master recommended that in order to transit in Singapore, the local behind the 1 dollar coin design should be changed.

Since then, the national emblem of the banner design of coins instead of down the concave arc, to the upturned corners, it showed a "smiling face", to disperse the gloom. Since then, Singapore 1 dollar coin on the back have a different emblem design.

The story of certainty, but there are many users expressed doubts that this story is purely fiction.

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