Angolan Kwanza in Macau Pataca

AOA Angolan Kwanza

Country of application:
Angola

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 kwanzas.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 kwanzas

History reference:
Kwanza is the official Angolan currency. The Angolan kwanza has the international designation AOA, and the designation Kzr is accepted within the country. This Angolan currency has been in effect sin...ce 2000, when the denomination of banknotes took place. The name of the currency of Angola comes from the name of the main river. During the entire existence of the monetary life of Angola, the kwanza was reborn several times. The first version of the kwanza was released in 1977, replacing the previous escudo at a ratio of 1:1. The first kwanza lived until 1990 and then was replaced by a new kwanza. But local residents could not sufficiently exchange old money for new ones, but they could convert money into government debt obligations. In 1995, in parallel with the existing kwanza, another adjusted kwanza was issued.

MOP Macau Pataca

Country of application:
Macau

Coin denominations in circulation:
10, 20, 50 avo, 1, 2, 5, 10 patak.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
0, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 patacas.

History reference:
Pataca is the national currency of Macau (Aomyn or Macau) - a special administrative region of the Peoples Republic of China. Pataca was introduced in Portuguese Macau and Portuguese Timor in 1894, b...ut only as a unit of account. The unit originally corresponded to the Spanish dollar, also known as the Mexican peso or the Philippine peso, and replaced the Portuguese real at the rate of 1 pataca = 450 riza. The name Pataca stems from the fact that the Portuguese always referred to the Spanish dollar as the Pataca mexicana, since as part of the Spanish colonial empire they were formerly usually minted in Mexico after which they rolled up the Philippines as part of the Spanish East Indies through the Manila-galeon trade. Acapulco, to be sold and distributed through the Far East.