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100 Patacas Banco da China
| Issuer | Banco da China, Macau Branch |
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| Year | 2008-2017 |
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| Currency | Pataca (1894-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Guia Lighthouse and Monte Fort rendered in fine intaglio line work, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. A lotus watermark is visible in the lower left area. The face value numeral "100" appears in the lower right, with bilingual inscriptions in Chinese and Portuguese running along the upper and lower margins. |
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| Variants | P#111a - 08.08.2008 P#111b - 01.07.2013 |
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The Banco da China began issuing Macanese patacas in 1995, joining the Banco Nacional Ultramarino as a co-issuing authority — an arrangement that survived the 1999 handover and continues under the current administrative framework. Two private banks issuing the same legal tender currency in parallel is uncommon globally, and Macau remains one of the few jurisdictions where it has persisted into the twenty-first century.
The 2008 series date coincides with the year Macau's gaming revenue overtook Las Vegas, a fiscal shift that had real consequences for currency demand and note turnover rates in the territory. Hongkong Printing Press, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Note Printing Limited, handled production throughout the run.