100 Patacas Year of the Dog

Macau's 1982 lunar series issue came at an odd political moment — the territory remained under Portuguese administration, and formal negotiations over the handover to China would not begin until 1986. The choice to produce a Year of the Dog coin in a traditionally Chinese commemorative format was a quiet cultural accommodation, not a numismatic accident.

KM#25 was struck to the same 28.28g/.925 specification used widely by Commonwealth mints in this period, with the Royal Mint supplying dies for several Portuguese overseas territory issues around this time.