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100 Patacas Macau International Airport
| Issuer | Macau |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Currency | Pataca (1894-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | INAUGURAÇÃO DO AEROPORTO INTERNACIONAL DE MACAU 1995 澳門國際機場揭幕紀念幣 |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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Issued to mark the final years of operation at Macau's Kai Ho airport before the handover-era infrastructure push, this coin predates the massive land reclamation project that would eventually host the new international airport on Taipa Island — itself a feat of engineering completed under Portuguese administration in 1995, the same year of issue. The airport had been a point of persistent tension between Lisbon and Beijing during the late colonial period, with the PRC initially opposing its construction before ultimately acquiescing.