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100 Patacas Year of the Snake
| Issuer | Macau |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Arms of Macau displayed centrally, supported on either side by a winged angelic figure. The shield bears the Portuguese royal arms. A ribbon scroll with the territorial motto appears below the arms. The legend MACAU arcs across the upper field, with the date 1989 displayed prominently along the lower field. A ring of eight-pointed stars frames the design near the periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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Macau's lunar series issues of this period were produced under Portuguese administration, just three years after the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration of 1987 committed to the territory's handover to China in 1999. The colonial mint authority continued issuing collector coinage through that transitional decade with little disruption — these were revenue-generating pieces aimed squarely at the international bullion and numismatic market, not local circulation.
KM#44 was struck by the British Royal Mint on contract.