View source for Macao 1980 100 patacas

[[Image:Macao SB816-22659o.jpg|300px|thumb|from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 22659]]
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This specimen was lot 22659 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "MACAU. 100 Patacas, 1980. Lunar Series, Year of the Monkey. NGC PROOF-65 ULTRA CAMEO. Year of the monkey. From a mintage of 2,000 pieces. Artistically well executed with light toning in the open areas of the fields." This type was issued along with a gold one thousand patacas (KM 17) to honor the animals of the Chinese zodiac. 

''Recorded mintage:'' 1,000 plus 2,000 proofs.

''Specification:'' 28.28 g, 0.925 fine silver, .835 troy oz ASW. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-16, Gomes-33.01 (proof) or Gomes-33.02 (uncirculated). 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2016. 
* 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.

''Link to:''
* [[Macao 1979 500 patacas]] Year of the Goat
* [[Macao 1983 100 patacas]] Year of the Pig
* [[Coins and currency dated 1980]]
* return to coins of [[Macao]]

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