Macao issues coins to mark "Year of Monkey" ( 2004-01-15 15:42) (Xinhua) The Macao Monetary Authority
(MMA) began on Thursday to issue gold and silver coins to mark the coming Year
of Monkey, which will fall on January 22 upon China's lunar calendar.
The Monkey coins are the last of a series of coins of 12 zodiacsymbols that
MMA has entrusted the British Royal Banknote Printingand Minting Corp to mint.
The highest nominal value of the gold coin is 1,000 patacas (125 US dollars)
and that of silver coin 100 patacas (12.5 US dollars).
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