1000 Patacas Year of the Rooster

Macau's gold lunar issues of the 1980s and 1990s were produced under Portuguese administration, just years before the 1999 handover to China. The 1000 Pataca denomination placed these squarely as bullion-prestige pieces aimed at the regional collector market, where Chinese zodiac gold commanded strong premiums in Hong Kong and Taiwanese dealer networks throughout that decade.