Macao 1976 10 avos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue was minted in Lisbon for the Portuguese colony of Macao in 1967-68 and 1975-76. The coin is common. It is a nickel brass version of the ten avos issued in 1952. Unlike the other colonies of Portugal, there was never any agitation for independence but the colony was returned to China in 1999.

Recorded mintage: 20,000,000 for 1975-76.

Specification: 4.5 g, nickel brass, 22 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 2a.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.

Link to:

• 1967 10 avos
• 1971 5 patacas
• Macao 1974 20 patacas Taipa Bridge
• 1975 pataca
• 1978 100 patacas, the 25th Anniversary of the Grand Prix, with advertising
• 1978 500 patacas, the 25th Anniversary of the Grand Prix, no advertising
• Macao 1979 500 patacas
• 1982 10 avos
• Coins and currency dated 1976
• return to Macao