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5 Dollars Aranthera Anne Black
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Diameter | 38.7 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a full-color depiction of the Aranthera Anne Black orchid, rendered with botanical precision showing multiple deep crimson blooms with elongated petals and green foliage extending across the field. The denomination '$5' is inscribed to the left in the field. The orchid's common and cultivar name 'ARANTHERA ANNE BLACK' is engraved along the upper rim, while the legend '20 GRAMS 999 FINE SILVER' appears along the lower rim, attesting to the coin's metallic content. |
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The Aranthera Anne Black is a hybrid orchid registered in Singapore, the result of cross-breeding programs that became a quiet point of national pride during the late twentieth century. Singapore has long used its Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid heritage as a diplomatic tool, gifting named hybrids to visiting heads of state — a practice that gave the orchid series its particular political texture. This coin belongs to a broader Singapore Mint program honoring those named cultivars.