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10 Dollars Gold Bullion
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| Year | 1983-1984 |
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| Diameter | 32.12 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | SINGAPURA சிங்கப்பூர் 新加坡 1984 SINGAPORE (Translation: Singapore) |
| Reverse description | A highly detailed rendering of a coiled Chinese dragon dominates the field, depicted in high relief with finely engraved scales, claws, and whiskers, its sinuous body curving dynamically around a flaming pearl at the lower center. The dragon's head faces left, with an expressive mane and open mouth rendered with great artistic precision. The circumferential legend reads 'TEN DOLLARS' along the upper periphery and 'ONE OUNCE OF 999 FINE GOLD' along the lower periphery, each separated by a five-pointed star at the sides. |
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Singapore's gold bullion program launched in 1983 as part of a deliberate push to position the island state as a regional precious metals trading hub, competing directly with Hong Kong for Asian bullion market share. The Monetary Authority issued these pieces in a period when Singapore was aggressively expanding its financial infrastructure — the Gold Exchange of Singapore had opened just two years prior, in 1978, and physical bullion instruments were central to that ambition.
Fr#B1 designation places this among Friedberg's earliest Singapore bullion listings, reflecting how new the program was to international cataloging at the time of publication.