为纪念新加坡开埠200周年，新加坡金融管理局在昨天（6月10日）推出了200万张20元新币。该钞票正面印有新加坡首任总统尤瑟夫伊萨的头像，背面是八位新加坡历史上对国家有重大贡献的先驱人士。有兴趣的人可在部分银行用等值钞票兑换，每人限20张。
In order to commemorate Singapore’s Bicentennial, in its 200th anniversary, the Monetary released 2 million $20 notes yesterday (10th June). The notes have Singapore’s first president, Mr. Yusof Ishak printed in the front and eight pioneers who made important contributions to the country at the back. Interested people can trade at selected banks in Singapore with currencies of the same value. Each person can only exchange a maximum of 20 pieces of the new $20 notes.
而事实也证明，该纪念钞在新加坡大受欢迎。不少民众在银行开业之前将近1个小时的时候就在门口等候，而且在多家银行开售后短短的时候就售罄了。据早报报道，大巴窑中心的大华银行的纪念钞在银行开门后15分钟内就被卖完了。
As proved, the new commemorative notes are on high demand. Many people waited at the bank entrance about 1 hour before the opening hour, and the notes at some banks were ‘sold out’ shortly after opening. According to Zaobao, commemorative notes at the UOB bank at Toa Payoh Central were sold out only 15 mins after opening hour.
难道真的有这么多狂热的“钞票收藏家”吗？是也不是。确实有一部分的人是冲着收藏纪念或者送礼的目的去换钞的，但是也有一部分人视此为商机，在换到纪念钞后又高价转卖。
Are there really so many zealous ‘currency collectors’? Yes and no. Truly, some people are truly collectors with the purpose of keeping or gifting the notes, while others take this event as a business opportunity and resale the notes at a high price.
在新加坡人气二手平台Carousell上面，已出现了层出不穷、转发纪念钞的广告，其中最高价已经翻到了88元，是原价的四倍多。
On Singapore’s popular second-hand items platform Carousel, there have been hundreds of advertisement reselling the commemorative notes, some even advertised a mark-up price of $88, 4 times more than the original value.
对于喜欢收藏纪念钞票而没有抢到的民众们，不知道会不会用88元去买原价20的纪念钞呢？
Do you think that the currency collectors who were not lucky at the banks will pay $88 for a $20 note?