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1000 Patacas Year of the Horse
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Macao |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Weight | 16 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic, high-relief depiction of a prancing horse in the center field, rendered in fine sculptural detail with flowing mane and tail, symbolizing the Chinese Lunar Year of the Horse. The denomination '1000' appears at the upper left, flanked by two decorative stars, with the Chinese characters '澳門' (Macao) to the upper right. The Chinese numeral '壹仟' appears at the left, and the word 'PATACAS' arcs along the lower field. The design is framed by a beaded inner border and a reeded edge. |
| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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Macau's gold commemorative program launched in the mid-1980s as the territory's administration began positioning the city's financial image ahead of the 1999 handover to China. The Horse issues drew consistent buyer interest from Hong Kong collectors, where lunar series coins were treated as investable objects rather than collectibles — purchased near spot and tracked accordingly.
KM#47 had a mintage ceiling of 5,000 pieces, modest even by regional standards of the period.