Macao pataca
Macao pataca: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- MOP
- Ancestry branch
- Spanish real / peso
Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Parents 1
Macao pataca
This currencyChildren 0
No successor is established here.
Trace its ancestry backward
Macao pataca
Mexican peso
Spanish real / peso de a ocho
Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
The story
Macao’s government history distinguishes the 1901 BNU agreement, 1905 issuing function and first notes in 1906. [1]
AMCM’s 2010 review reports a fixed middle rate of 1.03 patacas per Hong Kong dollar. [2]
The IMF’s June 2025 account identifies BNU and Bank of China as issuers of the same pataca currency. [3]
Sources and evidence
- João F. O. Botas; Macao Government Information Bureau (2026) · Edifício sede do BNU: 100 anos a pulsar no coração de Macau C122 ↗
- Monetary Authority of Macao, Research and Statistics Department (2010) · Monetary and Financial Stability Review C123 ↗
- Salsa Mazlan; IMF Finance & Development, June 2025 · Two Patacas C124 ↗
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“Macao pataca.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000466.html