Catalog
10 Patacas
| Issuer | Banco da China |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Printer | China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in shades of red and pink with a multicolour underprint of stylised waves and architectural motifs. At centre-left, a large white lotus flower vignette rises against the guilloche background, flanked by a vertical security thread; at right, a traditional Chinese lion dancer figure is set against a vignette of Macau's modern skyline. The Bank of China logo and bilingual inscription BANCO DA CHINA / 中國銀行 appear at upper right, with the denomination numeral 10 at upper left and lower right, and the Chinese legend 澳門元拾圓 along the lower right margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse centres on a large intaglio vignette of the Macau Tower convention and entertainment centre, rising above a stylised rendering of the city skyline in red and orange tones against a pale guilloche underprint with circular rosette patterns at right. The Bank of China logo and bilingual bank name appear at upper right, while a multi-line text block at lower left carries the issue date, administrative regulation reference, and the signature of the Director-General of the Macau Branch in Chinese and Portuguese. The denomination 10 and legend 澳門元 PATACAS are inscribed at upper left. |
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Banco da China became one of Macau's three note-issuing banks in 1995, the last to receive that authority before the 1999 handover to China. Its position in the issuing hierarchy has always carried political weight — the bank answers to Beijing in a way neither Banco Nacional Ultramarino nor Banco Tai Fung formally does. The 2020 dating places this note within the series launched for the 20th anniversary of the handover, a politically significant milestone for the MSAR.
CBPMC-printed notes for Macau occasionally show tighter registration on the security thread window than comparable BNU issues of the same period.