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100 Patacas Year of the Ox
| Issuer | Macau Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 100 Patacas |
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| Obverse description | Stylized outline of an ox rendered in bold black lines, occupying the left half of the field in a traditional Chinese artistic style, with the right half featuring vivid polychrome enamel coloring depicting floral and scrollwork motifs in red, green, and gold on a red background. At upper left, the legend reads 中國澳門 (China Macau) in traditional Chinese characters. Below the ox, the denomination 100圓 / PATACAS is inscribed, followed by the cyclical year 己丑年 and the Gregorian year 2009. The legend MACAU, CHINA appears along the lower rim in Latin characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中國澳門 100圓 PATACAS 己丑年 2009 MACAU, CHINA |
| Reverse description | Detailed engraved view of the Moorish Barracks (Quartel dos Mouros), a historic Moorish-influenced building in Macau, depicted in a dramatic low-angle perspective that emphasizes its ornate arched colonnades and rusticated stone base. The architectural rendering is executed with fine detail in the fields, highlighting the Moorish-style arched windows and decorative stonework. The legend MOORISH BARRACKS appears along the upper left rim in Latin characters, and QUARTEL DOS MOUROS along the upper right rim, with the Chinese inscription 港務局大樓 between them. |
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