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1000 Patacas Year of the Rat
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Macao |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | Pataca (1894-date) |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 澳門 壹仟 1000 PATACAS |
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The 1996 issue marks the Year of the Rat, first in the twelve-year lunar cycle — a recurrence that carries particular commercial weight in the collectibles market, as rat-year pieces consistently attract stronger demand than mid-cycle issues. Macao's gold lunar series was positioned partly to capture Hong Kong spillover interest ahead of the 1997 handover, a period when regional appetite for tangible, portable assets was running unusually high.