Macao 1979 500 patacas
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This specimen was lot 1664 in Aureo y Calicó sale 246 (Barcelona, September 2012), where it sold for 390 € (about US$592 including buyer's fees). The catalog[1] noted,
"Macao. 1979. 500 patacas. AU. Año de la Cabra. En expositor oficial con certificado. Proof. (Macao, 1979 gold 500 patacas. Year of the Goat. In offical box with certificate. Proof.)"
This type was issued along with a silver one hundred patacas (KM 14) to honor the animals of the Chinese zodiac. The silver series continued but the gold zodiac coins were issued as one thousand patacas.
Recorded mintage: 5,500.
Specification: 7.96 g, 0.917 fine gold, .234 troy oz AGW (same standard as a British sovereign).
Catalog reference: KM 15, Fr-B1, Gomes-70.01.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.
Link to:
- 1975 pataca
- 1976 10 avos
- 1978 100 patacas, the 25th Anniversary of the Grand Prix, with advertising
- 1978 500 patacas, the 25th Anniversary of the Grand Prix, with advertising
- 1978 500 patacas, the 25th Anniversary of the Grand Prix, no advertising
- Macao 1980 100 patacas Year of the Monkey
- Macao 1988 500 patacas 35th Grand Prix
- Coins and currency dated 1979
- return to coins of Macao