500 Patacas Year of the Pig

Issued by the Banco Nacional Ultramarino under Portuguese administration, just four years before the handover of Macau to the People's Republic of China in December 1999. The lunar gold series was a deliberate revenue exercise — collector premiums on low-mintage bullion issues provided the territory hard currency income during the final stretch of colonial governance.

KM#75 carries a mintage of 5,000 pieces.