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10 Dollars ASEAN
| Issuer | Singapore Mint |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The Singapore state emblem is depicted centrally, featuring a crescent moon and five stars enclosed within a lion shield supported by a lion and tiger. The date 1997 appears in the lower field beneath the emblem. The country name is inscribed in four official languages surrounding the emblem: 'SINGAPORE' in Latin script, 'SINGAPURA' in Malay, '新加坡' in Chinese characters, and 'சிங்கப்பூர்' in Tamil script. |
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| Obverse lettering | SINGAPURA சிங்கப்பூர் 新加坡 1997 SINGAPORE (Translation: Singapore) |
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Issued to mark the 30th anniversary of ASEAN, this coin arrived at a historically awkward moment: the Thai baht collapsed in July 1997, triggering the Asian financial crisis that would devastate several of the bloc's founding members within months of this commemorative's release. Singapore itself weathered the crisis better than most, but the irony of a celebratory regional unity coin minted at the precise onset of the region's worst modern economic convulsion is not lost on serious collectors.