10 Dollars Year of the Dragon

Reverse

Lunar Dragon motif chasing a flaming pearl ball, in the center of a circle. Along the border are representations of the twelve lunar animals, with the face value of the coin is below. The Chinese characters for dragon is above the dragon's tail.

Lettering:
戊辰
10 DOLLARS

Translation: 戊辰 = DRAGON

Edge

Reeded

Comment

To commemorate the 1988 Lunar Year of the Dragon, the Monetary Authority of Singapore authorised the Singapore Mint to release a series of commemorative dragon coins. These coins represent the eight issue of the First Lunar Series.

There were three different coins.

The first was a $10 nickel coin, struck in brilliant-uncirculated and released on the 19Jan1988 with an issue price of S$12.50. Mintage was limited to 300,000. The second was a $10 silver coin, struck in proof and released on the 29Apr1988 with an issue price of S$40.00. Mintage was limited to 25,000. The third and final design was a $500 gold coin, struck in proof and released on the 19Jan1988 with an issue price of S$1,200.00. Mintage was limited to 4,000 coins only.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1988	300000	-	-	-	-	-	-

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for 10 Dollars (Year of the Dragon) 1988 coin.