Macau Pataca in Taiwan New Dollar

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.

TWD Taiwan New Dollar

Country of application:
Republic of China (Taiwan)

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 50 New Taiwan dollars.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
New Taiwanese dollars 100, 500, 1000.

History reference:
The New Taiwan Dollar is the currency of Taiwan. The Chinese term "New Taiwan dollar" (literally "new Taiwanese currency") is generally only used in banking and legal documents to avoid possible ambi...guity. In Taiwan, the term yuan is widely used in writing, and quai is also used in conversation. The New Taiwan Dollar was issued on June 15, 1949, replacing the Taiwan Dollar, which had been subject to inflation since the end of the Chinese Civil War. The exchange was carried out in the amount of NT$40,000 for NT$1.