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25 Dollars Year of the Goat
| Issuer | Singapore Mint |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 155.52 g |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the Singapore state emblem — a shield bearing a crescent and five stars, flanked by a lion and a tiger — with the date 2003 inscribed beneath it. The legend 'SINGAPORE' appears in four official languages of Singapore: English, Tamil (சிங்கப்பூர்), Chinese (新加坡), and Malay (SINGAPURA), arranged around the emblem. The design is rendered in a clean, official style consistent with Singapore's standard coinage iconography. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese/Latin |
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Singapore's lunar series has been issued continuously since 1967, making it one of the longest-running national lunar programs in the world. The 2003 Goat issue falls within the series' mature period, when the Mint had shifted toward larger, higher-relief strikes aimed squarely at the collector market rather than any pretense of circulation.
The five-ounce format was introduced to compete directly with Australian and Chinese lunar bullion programs that had eroded Singapore's regional collector base through the late 1990s.