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1 Dollar Year of the Rabbit

Location People`s Republic of China
Year 1999
Type Commemorative medal
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Obverse description Standing figure of Britannia in high relief at center, helmeted and draped, holding a trident in her raised right hand and resting her left hand on a Union Jack shield. A sailing ship appears in the left field background. The design is surrounded by a decorative Greek key border with a beaded inner rim, with the date 1999 in the exergue and the legend ONE DOLLAR arranged vertically to the left.
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Reverse description Central colorized cartoonish rabbit figure dressed in a suit, seated at a roulette wheel with stacked casino chips, evoking Macau's gaming culture. A Portuguese colonial building façade appears in relief behind the figure to the left, and a colorized national flag of the People's Republic of China is depicted to the right, accompanied by the Chinese characters 兔年. The surrounding legend reads YEAR OF THE RABBIT at the top and MACAU RETURNS TO CHINA at the bottom, with the Chinese inscription 澳門回歸中國 above the lower legend.
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