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20 Patacas Winter Olympics
| Issuer | Banco da China, Sucursal de Macau |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Printer | China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation, Beijing |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Bank of China Macau Branch building rendered in fine line engraving, flanked by guilloche underprint patterns. The official emblem of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games — the 'Winter Dream' calligraphic snowflake — appears to one side, integrating the commemorative theme into the design. Bilingual inscriptions in Chinese and Portuguese identify the issuing institution and denomination. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中國銀行 BANCO DA CHINA 澳門元貳拾圓 20 VINTE PATACAS |
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Banco da China, Sucursal de Macau issued this 20 Patacas note to mark the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics — one of three Macanese commemorative issues tied to the Games, the others coming from Banco Nacional Ultramarino and the AMCM. China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation handled production, as it does for virtually all mainland-adjacent commemorative issues of this type. The series was released into circulation in late 2021, ahead of the February 2022 opening ceremony.
Pick W128 is notable for being among the very few Macau issues printed exclusively on cotton paper without polymer elements — a deliberate choice for the commemorative run rather than a technical limitation.