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200 Dollars Year of the Snake
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 200 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Chinese/Tamil |
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| Reverse description | A large, intricately detailed serpent is depicted in sinuous coils forming an S-shape across the central field, its scales rendered with fine engraving and its head extended toward the upper right with floral decorative elements. Behind the coiling body, a stylized traditional Chinese architectural lattice or fretwork pattern fills the mid-field, evoking classical East Asian design motifs. The cyclical year designation '癸巳' in Chinese characters appears to the lower right of the serpent. The denomination '$200' is inscribed prominently in the lower field, while the legend '5 TROY OZ 999.9 FINE GOLD' curves along the upper border. |
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Singapore's Lunar series gold kilo-strikes (this piece is the half-kilogram iteration) are produced by the Singapore Mint under MAS authority and have developed a following among Southeast Asian collectors that outpaces comparable issues from Perth or the Royal Canadian Mint in the regional market. The 2013 Snake year holds particular resonance in Chinese cosmology — the Snake is associated with wisdom and financial acuity, which made this release unusually popular with institutional gift-buyers in Singapore's banking sector during the Lunar New Year cycle.