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500 Dollars Year of the Rooster
| Issuer | Singapore Mint |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The arms of Singapore occupy the central field, depicting a crescent moon and five stars within a shield, flanked by a lion and a tiger as supporters, with a legend surrounding the emblem in the four official languages of Singapore. The date 1981 appears below the central device. The inscriptions read SINGAPORE in Latin script, SINGAPURA in Malay, 新加坡 in Chinese characters, and சிங்கப்பூர் in Tamil script, arranged around the periphery. |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Chinese/Tamil/Latin |
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Singapore's Lunar New Year gold series launched in 1981 with this Rooster issue, making it the first in what became one of the most consistently produced Asian bullion programs of the late twentieth century. The Singapore Mint had only been operating independently for roughly a decade at that point, having separated from the British Royal Mint's operations in the region following full sovereignty.
The .916 fineness — 22-karat — follows the traditional standard used across much of Southeast Asian gold jewelry trade, a deliberate choice to align the coin's perceived value with regional gold-buying habits rather than the .999 fine standard gaining traction in Western bullion markets at the time.