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1000 Patacas Year of the Monkey
| Issuer | Government of Macao |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Value | 1000 Patacas |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the crowned arms of Macao, a Portuguese-style heraldic shield bearing the quinas of Portugal, supported on either side by a winged angelic figure: the left supporter holds a cross-topped sceptre, the right a globus cruciger. A royal crown surmounts the shield. Two scrolled ribbon banners beneath the supporters bear the motto 'CIDADE DO NOME DE DEUS / NÃO HÁ OUTRA MAIS FIEL / DE MACAU'. The legend 'MACAU' arcs across the upper field in large spaced capitals, flanked by a ring of five-pointed stars. The date '1980' appears in large numerals along the lower field, with the Pobjoy Mint mark 'PM' incused below. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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Macao's gold commemorative program launched in the late 1970s as the territory's government sought hard-currency revenue through collector sales — a strategy common among smaller dependencies at the time, though Macao's proximity to Hong Kong gave it unusually direct access to Southeast Asian gold coin markets hungry for Lunar New Year issues. The 1980 Monkey is the fifth animal in the twelve-year cycle and falls in a year the Chinese calendar designates as particularly auspicious for financial matters, which drove strong demand at point of sale.
Mintage for KM#17 was capped at 2,500 pieces.