Polish Zloty in Macau Pataca

PLN Polish Zloty

Country of application:
Poland

Coin denominations in circulation:
5, 2, 1 zloty, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 grosz.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
200, 100, 50, 20 and 10 zlotys.

History reference:
Zloty (Polish - gold) - at least since the 15th century, the everyday name of the golden ducat, since 1526 - the main counting monetary unit, since 1564 - the silver coin of the Kingdom of Poland, an...d after the Commonwealth, from 1924 to the present - national currency of Poland. Initially, the word "złoty" in Poland was used to refer to foreign-made gold coins (mostly ducats), then for some time in the 16th century, the złoty was a counting monetary unit, and since 1564, złoty began to be minted in the form of silver coins. Before the zloty, other monetary units were used in Poland - the Polish mark (or, as it was also called the "hryvnia"), kopa, and the Krakow hryvnia.

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.