Macao 1999 100 patacas KM-96
This specimen was lot 4030 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "MACAO: Portuguese Territory, AR 100 patacas, 1999, Return to China commemorative, contains 0.925 troy ounces of pure silver, with COA and original Royal Canadian Mint deluxe case of issue, Proof. The coin depicts a Portuguese ship and a Chinese junk, portraying Macau as a city where the cultures of the East and the West become one. The oval-shaped 24-karat gold-plated cameo depicts the historical building of Macau, Ma Gao Temple (Pagoda de Barra)." A copper-nickel two patacas (KM 115), five patacas (KM 116) and a bimetallic ten patacas (KM 117) were issued in 1999 for this occasion. The smaller coins were struck at the Ottawa mint but we don't know the origin of this one.
Recorded mintage: 38,888.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.925 fine silver with gold plating.
Catalog reference: KM-96.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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