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10 Dollars Year of the Tiger
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | SINGAPURA 新加坡 SINGAPORE சிங்கப்பூர் MAJULAH SINGAPURA 1986 |
| Reverse description | A finely detailed tiger is depicted in profile, walking to the right, rendered in high relief at the centre of a raised inner circle. Above the tiger, within the circle, the Chinese cyclical year characters 丙寅 (Bǐng Yín, corresponding to the Year of the Tiger) are inscribed in two characters. Surrounding the inner circle, a border of twelve raised medallions each depicts one of the animals of the Chinese zodiac cycle in sequence. The denomination 10 DOLLARS is inscribed in bold Latin lettering along the lower edge of the coin, between the inner circle and the milled rim. |
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Singapore's lunar series was launched in 1981 as the Monetary Authority moved to establish a recurring commemorative program tied to the Chinese calendar — a deliberate acknowledgment of the ethnic Chinese majority's cultural calendar. The 1986 Tiger is the sixth issue in that run. Mintage was tightly controlled relative to the broader commemorative market of the period, and nickel strikes were produced alongside a proof version in silver, making the base-metal circulation strike the more commonly encountered but often underappreciated of the two formats.