Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1000 Patacas Year of the Pig
| Issuer | Macau |
|---|---|
| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The arms of Macau occupy the central field, depicting a crowned Portuguese shield flanked by two winged angelic supporters, the left holding a cross and the right holding an orb on a staff. A ribbon below the shield bears the motto 'CIDADE DO NOME DE DEUS DE MACAU / NAO HA OUTRA MAIS LEAL' in Latin script. The legend 'MACAU' arcs across the upper field in large spaced capitals, with a ring of thirteen five-pointed stars encircling the composition along the inner border. The date '1983' is displayed in large numerals along the lower field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The central field features a stylized depiction of Zhu Bajie (the Pig figure from Chinese mythology), rendered in a traditional Chinese artistic style with flowing robes and a staff, evoking the Lunar New Year of the Pig. Two five-pointed stars appear in the upper field flanking the denomination numeral '1000'. Chinese characters for 'one thousand' (壹仟) appear vertically at the left, and the characters for 'Macau' (澳門) appear vertically at the right. The denomination legend 'PATACAS' is inscribed in large Latin capitals along the lower field. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Macau's lunar gold series launched in 1981 under the administration of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, which retained note-issuing authority in the territory long after Portuguese colonial administration had effectively ceded most governing functions to local bodies following the 1974 Carnation Revolution. The 1983 Pig issue appeared during a period of acute political ambiguity — Sino-Portuguese negotiations over the territory's future were already informally underway, years before the 1987 Joint Declaration formalized the 1999 handover.
Mintages for these early lunar issues were kept deliberately low, targeting the overseas Chinese collector market in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.