Macao 1985 10 avos

from the Stonecat Collection

This issue was minted in Lisbon for the Portuguese colony of Macao in 1982-85 and 1988. The coin is common altho the precious metal versions sold to collectors are scarce. It is the last of the denomination. Unlike the other colonies of Portugal, there was never any agitation for independence but the colony was returned to China in 1999.

Recorded mintage: 8,100,000 plus a few in silver.

Specification: 3.3 g, brass, 19.1 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 20 (brass), 20a (silver).

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1982 10 avos
• 1983 100 patacas, Year of the Pig
• 1986 1000 patacas, Year of the Tiger
• 1988 10 avos
• Coins and currency dated 1985