毫(Chinese) (ho) no specific Portuguese name for ten avos
1⁄100
仙(Chinese) (sin)
avo(Portuguese) (no longer in circulation)
Banknotes
Freq. used
$10, $20, $50, $100, $500
Rarely used
$1,000
Coins
Freq. used
10, 50 avos, $1, $5
Rarely used
20 avos, $2, $10 (still minted)
Demographics
User(s)
Macau (alongside Hong Kong Dollar)[2][3]
Issuance
Monetary authority
Autoridade Monetária de Macau
Website
www.amcm.gov.mo
Printer
Issuing banks:
Banco Nacional Ultramarino Banco da China Printer:
Hong Kong Note Printing
Valuation
Inflation
0.37%
Source
Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos, February 2017
Pegged with
Hong Kong dollar (HK$) HK$1 = MOP 1.03
Macanese pataca
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
澳門元
Simplified Chinese
澳门元
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Àomén Yuán
Wade–Giles
Ao4-men2 Yüan2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Oumúnyùhn
Jyutping
Ou3mun2jyun4
Portuguese name
Portuguese
pataca de Macau[1]
Economy of Macau
Currency and identity
Macanese Pataca
Banknotes
Coins
Monetary Authority
Resources
Transport
Tourism
Postal
Port
Gambling
Airport
Companies
Air Macau
Sands Macao
Macau.com
Shun Tak Holdings
Other Macau topics
Culture
Demographics
Education
Economy
Geography
History & Colony
Politics
Government
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The Macanese pataca or Macau pataca (simplified Chinese: 澳门元; traditional Chinese: 澳門元; pinyin: Aòményuán; Jyutping: ou3 mun4 jyun4; Portuguese: pataca de Macau; sign: $; abbreviation: P;[4][5] ISO code: MOP) is the currency of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It is subdivided into 100 avos (仙; sin), with 10 avos called ho (毫) in Cantonese.
Macau has a currency board system under which the pataca is 100 per cent backed by foreign exchange reserves, in this case currently the Hong Kong dollar (itself backed by the United States dollar).[6] Moreover, the currency board, Monetary Authority of Macau (AMCM), has a statutory obligation to issue and redeem Macau pataca on demand against the Hong Kong dollar at a fixed exchange rate of HK$1 = MOP 1.03, and without limit.[7]
^ abDSEC government document
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^"Macau". CIA World Factbook 1990 - page 187. 1 April 1990. Retrieved 3 September 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^"Macau SAR Government pledges for free trade and investment - MSAR Gov…". Government Information Bureau of the MSAR. Macau. 19 March 2001. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
^"The history of pataca". Monetary Authority of Macao. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
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Global Information
Macau (alongside Hong Kong Dollar)[2][3]