As the Malaysian dollar replaced the Malaya and British Borneo dollar at par and Malaysia was a participating member of the sterling area, the new dollar was originally valued at 8.57 dollars per 1 British pound sterling.
由于马来西亚元取代了马来亚及英属婆罗洲元，及马来西亚是英镑区的参与成员，新的货币最初价值为每英镑8.57元。