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80 Dollars Year of the Dog
| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Engraver(s) | Christopher Ironside |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of Singapore is displayed centrally, featuring the lion head and crescent with five stars, surrounded by the state legend inscribed in four official languages. The date 2018 appears beneath the emblem in the lower field. The word SINGAPORE and its equivalents in Tamil, Chinese, and Malay are arranged around the four sides of the rectangular flan, reflecting Singapore's multilingual national identity. |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed, high-relief depiction of a long-haired dog in a playful, animated stance occupies the central field of the rectangular flan, set against a lush background of flowering plants and foliage rendered in intricate relief. A traditional Singapore shophouse facade is visible in the left background, while a distinctive Chinese garden pavilion appears in the right background, evoking a distinctly Singaporean cultural landscape. The denomination $80 is inscribed in large numerals to the right, partially overlapping the floral border. The legend 1 KILOGRAM 999 FINE SILVER is engraved along the upper field in small capital letters, attesting to the coin's specification and purity. |
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Singapore's Monetary Authority has issued Lunar Series coins since the 1980s, but the kilogram silver format represents the upper end of their collector program — produced in strictly limited numbers and rarely if ever released into circulation. The 2018 Dog issue falls within a broader Southeast Asian numismatic tradition of treating the twelve-year Lunar cycle as a prestige collecting framework, with Singapore's iterations consistently among the more technically refined in the region.
KM#468 is struck in .999 fine silver at a full kilogram — a specification that demands careful die preparation and extended striking pressure to achieve full detail across that surface area.