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| Issuer | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Weight | 1000 g |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of Singapore is displayed centrally, featuring the lion head and crescent with five stars. The date 2020 appears below the emblem. The word 'Singapore' is inscribed in four official languages — English, Tamil, Chinese (新加坡), and Malay (Singapura) — arranged around the design within the rectangular field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Singapore's Monetary Authority has issued lunar series coins for decades, but the kilogram silver format represents the upper tier of that program — produced in strictly limited quantities and sold directly to collectors at issuance. The Year of the Rat holds particular weight in the twelve-year cycle: it opens the sequence, and 2020 marked the first Rat year since 2008, the year the global financial crisis accelerated.
KM#488 is a single-issue type with no die varieties of note.