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500 Patacas 35th Anniv. Grand Prix
| Issuer | Macau Monetary Institute |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A Formula One racing car is depicted in three-quarter front view at centre, with a helmeted driver visible in the cockpit, conveying a sense of speed and motion. The Roman numeral XXXV appears to the left of the car within the inner field, with the inscription ANIVERSARIO arcing above it to the right. The date span 1954-1988 is inscribed in the lower portion of the inner field. The legend GRANDE PREMIO curves along the upper border and MACAU along the lower border, both in bold capital letters separated by the reeded edge. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Macau Grand Prix, first run in 1954 through the streets of the peninsula, became one of Asia's premier motorsport events and a point of genuine civic pride for the territory. By 1988, still under Portuguese administration with the handover to China a decade away, the Monetary Institute used the 35th anniversary as an occasion for one of the largest silver issues in Macanese numismatic history.
At 155.5 grams of fine silver struck to five-ounce specification, this is not a coin that passed through any pocket.