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1 Dollar Bulbophyllum Flabellum-Veneris
| Issuer | Singapore Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Weight | 17.30 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a highly detailed, full-color depiction of Bulbophyllum flabellum-veneris, a native Singapore orchid species, rendered with botanical precision. Several blooms are shown in cluster, displaying cream-white petals with vivid red-pink striping and prominent yellow-green centers, set against broad, elongated green leaves. The denomination '$1' appears in the left field, with the species name 'BULBOPHYLLUM FLABELLUM-VENERIS' inscribed along the upper arc of the legend. The legend '999 FINE SILVER' is inscribed along the lower left arc, confirming the coin's metallic composition. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Part of Singapore's long-running Orchid series, this issue features Bulbophyllum flabellum-veneris, a Southeast Asian epiphytic orchid whose taxonomic history is considerably more complicated than most collectors realize — the species has bounced between genera multiple times since its 19th-century classification by European botanists working from herbarium specimens rather than living plants. Singapore's use of native orchid species for bullion coinage reflects deliberate policy decisions made in the 1990s to differentiate its numismatic program from generic wildlife issues flooding the market at the time.