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Asia · Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia · G040

Kota Belud Tamu

A weekly meeting place for seafarers, farmers and traders.

Front of Kota Belud Tamu: 7 Stalls, inspired by Tamu (Sabah periodic market), with actual Noun #85
Front · 150 × 75 mm
Back of Kota Belud Tamu: the Tamu (Sabah periodic market) tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #85
Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #85, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Kota Belud Tamu: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #85 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe
Security Edition · front
Security Edition back of Kota Belud Tamu: a color medallion of Noun #85 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story
Security Edition · back
v2 front SVG ↓ v2 back SVG ↓

The tradition · since 1878

Tamu (Sabah periodic market)

Sabah's tamu are periodic markets where seafarers, traders and farmers met to swap produce; Kota Belud's, begun at Tempasuk in 1878, still draws Bajau, Dusun and Iranun communities weekly.

Source: Tamu (Weekly Market) in Sabah (Sabah Tourism Board) ↗

How a note would work

Stalls are earned by bringing produce, crafts or fish to a weekly market and spent on goods from other communities. They are never bought or cashed out.

Design concept inspired by this tradition, not issued by or for the people who keep it. Not legal tender, not for sale, no cash value, no redemption and no investment rights.

Front SVG ↓ Back SVG ↓ Machine edition
  • PlaceKota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia
  • Erasince 1878
  • RegionAsia
  • UnitStall · Stalls
  • Face value7 Stalls
  • SerialGB-G040-N0085
  • NounActual Noun #85 ↗
  • Why this NounKota Belud is known for its horses, and the unicorn is the most dazzling horse in the Nouns stable.
  • Headunicorn
  • Glassessquare grey light
  • Bodyorange
  • Accessorybling sparkles
  • Seedbg 1 · body 19 · acc 15 · head 214 · glasses 9