MAS launches native orchids series coin set
The Splendour of Native Orchids Series coin set. Photo: MAS
SINGAPORE — A set of 10 silver proof S$1 coins each featuring an orchid species was launched on Wednesday (May 25), and will be issued on June 24.
Named The Splendour of Native Orchids Series, the coin set with a mintage of 4,000 celebrates the beauty of orchids that once thrived in Singapore, some of which are still found in Singapore’s forest today, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
On each coin, the orchids are featured in full colour against a sandblasted background. The name of the orchid is minted on the shiny upper circumference of the coin. The obverse of the coins bears the Singapore Coat of Arms with the year 2016. Each coin weighs 8.56g and has a diameter of 24.66mm.
The orchids featured are from the Native Orchids of Singapore coin series issued from 2011 to 2015. They are:
• Cymbidium finlaysonianum
• Grammatophyllum speciosum
• Arundina graminifolia
• Bulbophyllum macranthum
• Bulbophyllum flabellum-veneris
• Dendrobium crumenatum
• Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi
• Coelogyne rochussenii
• Dendrobium leonis
• Dendrobium secundum
Orders for the set must reach The Singapore Mint by June 12. If the coin set is oversubscribed, orders will be subjected to balloting.
