Macao 1987 1000 patacas
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This specimen was lot 788 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "MACAO: Portuguese Colony, AV 1000 patacas, 1987, Chinese Lunar Series - Year of the Rabbit, NGC graded Proof 68 ULTRA CAMEO." Macao began issuing NCLT's in honor of the Chinese lunar calendar in 1979. This denomination was added in 1980.
Recorded mintage: unknown + 5,000 proofs.
Specification: 15.97 g, 0.917 fine gold (same standard as a British gold two pounds).
Catalog reference: KM-37.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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