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10 Avos S.A.R. Coinage, Macau's Return to China
| Issuer | Macau |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The arms of Macau occupy the central field, depicting the Portuguese coat of arms surmounted by a mural crown, flanked by two winged angelic supporters resting on a scroll cartouche bearing the Portuguese legend CIDADE DO NOME DE DEUS DE MACAU NÃO HÁ OUTRA MAIS LEAL. The Latin issuer name MACAU arcs along the upper rim, beneath which the Chinese characters 澳門 appear. The denomination 壹毫 in Chinese and 10 AVOS in Latin script are inscribed along the lower rim. |
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Minted in the final year of Portuguese administration, this issue coincides with the handover of Macau to China on 20 December 1999 — the last European colonial territory returned on Asian soil. Portugal had administered Macau since the 1550s, making the transfer the conclusion of over four centuries of presence. The Monetary and Economic Affairs Bureau continued issuing pataca coinage through the transition, and circulation pieces from 1999 struck before the handover sat in pockets alongside those produced after — an unremarked overlap that the coins themselves cannot distinguish.