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100 Patacas Year of the Rabbit
| Issuer | Instituto Emissor de Macau |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the crowned coat of arms of Macau at centre, flanked by two kneeling winged angels: the dexter angel holds a cross-topped staff and the sinister angel holds an armillary sphere. Fourteen five-pointed stars are arranged around the periphery. The name 'MACAU' arcs along the upper legend in large raised letters, and the date '1987' appears prominently along the lower field. A scroll beneath the shield bears the city's historic motto in three parts: 'CIDADE DO NOME DE DEUS', 'NAO HA OUTRA MAIS LEAL', and 'DE MACAU'. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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Macau's lunar series of the 1980s was produced in close coordination with the transition politics surrounding the 1987 Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration, which formally set 1999 as the handover date. The Instituto Emissor de Macau leaned heavily into commemorative silver issues during this period — partly as revenue generation, partly as a quiet assertion of the territory's distinct issuing identity before that window closed.
KM#36 shares its specification with the contemporaneous British Commonwealth commemorative standard, a deliberate choice that made Macau's issues directly comparable on the international collector market.