1000 Patacas Year of the Dog

Macau's gold lunar series launched in 1976 under the administration of the Portuguese Overseas Province, making these among the few Western-administered Chinese lunar issues of the period. The 1982 Dog issue was struck by the Imprensa Nacional–Casa da Moeda in Lisbon, not locally — a logistical reality of the territory's status that persisted until the handover to China in 1999.

Mintages for the early Macau lunar gold pieces were kept deliberately low to support collector premiums, and the 1982 issue is no exception to that pattern.