The Singapore Currency Acts says that coins are “legal tender up to their face value for the payment of an amount not exceeding 20 times the face value of a coin of that denomination”. When making payment using coins you can use up to only 20 coins per denomination per transaction. This means that a shop or seller can reject your payment if you use more than 20 coins of the same denomination in a transaction.

A shop or seller can also choose to lower the limit on the quantity of coins they will accept in a transaction. A written notice of the lower limit must be put up. Otherwise, all denominations of coins given by a customer as payment up to the legal limits must be accepted.

The legal tender limit for coins in Singapore is as follows:

• five-cents X 20 pieces = S$1
• 10-cents X 20 pieces = S$2
• 20-cents X 20 pieces = S$4
• 50-cents X 20 pieces = S$10
• S$1 x 20 pieces = S$20

In each payment you are limited to a cap of 100 coins across all 5 denominations. This means you could pay up to $37 in coins.

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