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100 Patacas Banco da China
| Issuer | Banco da China (Bank of China), Macau Branch |
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| Year | 1995-1999 |
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| Reference(s) | P#93 |
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| Reverse description | The Bank of China Macau branch tower, a modern high-rise rendered in detailed intaglio engraving, occupies the left portion of the note with a classical colonnaded building visible at its base. At centre-right, an ornate guilloche medallion incorporates stylised lotus blossoms as the primary decorative motif, set against a pale multicolour underprint. The issuer's bilingual name 中國銀行 and BANCO DA CHINA appear along the upper margin, with the denomination 100 and the Chinese legend 澳門幣壹佰圓 placed at lower centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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| Comments |
Bank of China began issuing notes in Macau in 1995, joining Banco Nacional Ultramarino as a note-issuing authority — an arrangement that reflected Beijing's growing influence over the territory ahead of the 1999 handover to China. The dual-issuer system was unusual globally and was a deliberate political construction, not a banking necessity.
The Pick 93 series ran through 1999, the year of handover, after which BOC Macau continued issuing under the new SAR framework. Notes from the final 1999 date within this series are modestly harder to find in unhandled condition than the mid-series dates.