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20 Patacas
| Issuer | Banco da China |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in shades of violet and lavender, dominated by a large vignette of a traditional Chinese lion dance head in the centre-right, rendered with fine intaglio detail. The denomination numeral '20' appears at upper left and lower right, with the issuer name 'BANCO DA CHINA' and the Bank of China logo at upper right. A watermark window at left carries a ghost image of the lion dance mask alongside wave-pattern guilloche underprint, with the bilingual denomination 'VINTE PATACAS' inscribed at upper left and the serial number printed in violet at mid-left and lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, in a complementary violet palette, presents a central vignette of the Macao Science Centre — its distinctive cone-shaped planetarium dome and angular main building rendered in intaglio — set against a background of geometric guilloche patterns and a faint circular astronomical motif. The denomination '20' appears at upper left alongside the bilingual legend '澳門元 PATACAS', while the regulatory and authorisation text is printed in Portuguese and Chinese at the left margin. The Bank of China logo and Chinese issuer name are repeated at upper right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Colour-shifting ink |
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