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10 Dollars Year of the Ox
| Issuer | Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Chinese/Tamil |
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| Mintage | 1985 - - 307,000 |
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Singapore's Lunar New Year commemorative series was administered by the Board of Commissioners of Currency, a body established at independence in 1967 to manage the transition away from the shared Malaya and British Borneo dollar. The 1985 Ox issue arrived during a year of particular economic significance — Singapore was approaching its first recession since independence, with GDP contracting sharply in 1985 for reasons rooted in construction overcapacity and a collapse in electronics export demand.
Copper-nickel strikes of this type saw considerably wider distribution than their silver and gold counterparts, placing them firmly in the gift and collector market rather than any ceremonial reserve context.