See This Malaya Note 1953 - What Kind Of Language Of It?

OK, here's the story. The Coat of Arms for Straits Settlements (SS) :

1. Lion atop of fort on top left - Singapore
2. Leaves and fruit on bottom left - Malacca (Melaka tree)
3. Tree - which is "Pokok Pinang" or Penang Tree (Areca catechu) - Prince of Wales Island & Province Wellesley (today's Penang Island and Seberang Prai)
4. The ship - Labuan, it joined the colony in 1907 a new coat of arms was granted on 25 March 1911.

The lower left quadrant looks different for there are different plants here.

So I think both CoA were from different era for Straits Settlements. The left one was the CoA in 1867 (as shown on the note) while the right one (presented by Orion) was used from early 20th Century.

From what I read in Wikipedia, Dinding or Manjung was one of the major constituent of Strait Settlements in the early days so it became part of the emblem of the whole.

Do I interpret it wrong?

Techwriter, don't just say you like this thread. Please consider my question: is the lower left quadrant different or the same for the two CoA at different era.

If they are different, this means the CoA of Straits Settlements changed for some reasons at the early 20th Century.

The note printed in 1941 used the old CoA of SS, I suppose.

This is another my beloved paper note for the Straits Settlements and Malaya.

There are two questions see whether you can give me an idea?

This note was issued for the use in the capital city of the British Straits Settlements, Singapore (as shown on the note). Was it also circulate in other parts of the Malaya Peninsular such as Penang and Malacca. Or the latter British footholds used coins rather than paper notes?

A tiger image on the back of the note, does it represents an icon for something or actually there were tigers found on the Peninsular?

Thank you for any comments.

I think the plant on the lower left quadrant are the same plant on both the CoAs, though they are drawn differently.