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1980 Macau Silver Lunar Series I MONKEY Coin (Key Coin)

1980年澳門猴年生肖紀念銀幣，面值100澳門元

Macau Silver Lunar Series I Monkey
1980 Macau Silver Lunar Series I MONKEY Coin (Key Coin)- Usd $POA (This Beautiful coin includes original mint box and certificate-Rarely sold with original COA included)

The first series Macau Lunar Monkey is the Key coin in the entire Macau Lunar coin series. This unique coin holds the distinction of being both a key part of the Macau lunar series as well as being a collectors item from the legendary Monkey King Journey to the West stories.

The Monkey riding on the cloud symbolizes, Sun Wu Kung from The Journey to the West fabled novels.

Macau Silver Series
The Macau Lunar Series comes in both Silver and Gold issues. The series begins in 1979 with the celebration of the Year of the Goat. A 1oz silver with face value of 100 Patacas. The first series as it became known ran from 1979 through to the 1990 Horse. The second series again began with the 1991 to the 2001 Horse. Oddly some confusion with the mints delayed what is today considered the popular color third series. It begins with the 2008 Lunar Rat and will end with the 2019 Year of the Pig.

All the Macau lunar series are very popular with collectors throughout Asia and they indeed also have an international collector base. The highly popular third series has been sold out at the mint for five consecutive years running.