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Medal Year of the Dragon
| Location | Singapore |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Composition | Gilt brass |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features two relief depictions of Straits Settlements coinage: on the left, a coin showing the left-facing bust of Queen Victoria with the legend VICTORIA QUEEN, and on the right, a coin showing the reverse of a Straits Settlements One Cent 1886. The surrounding legend reads STRAITS SETTLEMENTS at top and SINGAPORE - MALAYSIA at bottom, with decorative rosette ornaments in the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large, finely detailed relief of a coiling dragon in high relief occupying the central field, surrounded by a beaded inner border. The curved legend THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON arcs along the upper periphery, and the date 1988 appears in the lower exergue. |
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