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100 Patacas Year of the Dog
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Macao |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized outline of a seated dog facing left, rendered in clean linear engraving against a divided field. The right half of the field is filled with vibrant color printing depicting large pink chrysanthemum blooms with green foliage on a purple background, incorporating a decorative scrollwork motif. The Chinese legend 中國澳門 (Macau, China) is inscribed along the upper left. In the lower left field, the denomination 100圓 PATACAS, the Chinese cyclical year inscription 戊戌年, and the date 2018 are shown. The legend MACAU, CHINA appears along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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Macau's lunar series coins have been issued since 1983, making this one of the longer-running such programs among Asian monetary authorities. The 2018 dog issue falls in the second full cycle through the zodiac, a point at which collector demand for the series had matured considerably compared to the tentative early runs of the 1980s. At 155.50 grams, these large-format silvers were struck at a relatively modest mintage ceiling, as AMCM consistently kept lunar issues limited to sustain secondary market interest.