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1 Pataca
| Issuer | Portuguese Administration of Macau |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#23a.1 |
| Obverse description | The obverse features the Portuguese coat of arms, a crowned shield displaying the traditional quinas and castles, centered within the field. The shield is rendered in fine detail consistent with the proof striking technique. The circular legend reads REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA flanking MACAU along the upper periphery, with the date 1984 positioned in the lower exergual area. The design follows the standard heraldic presentation used on Portuguese colonial coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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The .925 silver version of this issue — KM#23a.1 — exists because Macau produced the 1 Pataca in two parallel compositions that year, the cupronickel circulating type and this silver variant aimed squarely at the collector market. Portuguese Macau was then roughly a decade from the handover negotiations that would formally begin in 1986, and the administration leaned increasingly on numismatic revenue as the territory's political future grew uncertain.