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100 Patacas Year of the Ox
| Issuer | Macau |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | Central depiction of the ornate façade of the Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral, rendered in high relief with fine architectural detail. The legend 'MACAU' arcs across the upper field, with the date '1997' along the lower field. Twelve five-pointed stars encircle the cathedral façade, arranged symmetrically within the inner border. The coin is struck in proof quality with a deeply mirrored field contrasting against the frosted relief of the design. A fine dentilated border frames the entire obverse. |
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| Obverse lettering | MACAU 1997 |
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Macau issued this piece in the final months of Portuguese administration — the handover to China was still two years off, but the political transition was already reshaping the territory's commemorative program. The ox series fell squarely in that uncertain interval, when Lisbon and Beijing were negotiating the practical details of the 1999 transfer under the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration signed in 1987.
KM#84 is a straightforward bullion-adjacent issue with no documented die varieties of note.