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100 Patacas Year of the Monkey
| Issuer | Macau |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The crowned arms of Macau occupy the central field, supported on either side by kneeling winged angelic figures rendered in high relief. The shield bears the Portuguese royal arms and is surmounted by a mural crown flanked by a cross of the Order of Christ to the left and an armillary sphere to the right. A ribbon scroll beneath the supporters bears the legend CIDADE DO NOME DE DEUS / DE MACAU / NAO HA OUTRA MAIS LEAL. The inscription MACAU arcs prominently along the upper periphery, with the date 1992 displayed in large numerals at the base, all surrounded by a border of small stars and a reeded rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Macau's lunar series patacas were issued under the jurisdiction of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, a Portuguese colonial institution that retained monetary authority over the territory until the handover to China in 1999. The 1992 monkey issue appeared seven years before that transition, during a period when Macau's numismatic program was aggressively courting the Southeast Asian collector market — lunar issues were a reliable export earner, not a domestic circulation priority.
KM#52 cross-references a well-documented series, though collector demand has historically concentrated on the earlier years, making the mid-series issues like this one modestly overlooked despite identical production quality.