Macao 1993 50 avos

from the Stonecat Collection

This specimen was struck at the British Royal Mint for Macao in 1993, a few years prior to the island's return to China. It was issued again in 2003 and 2005 under the auspices of the communists.

Recorded mintage: 200,000,000.

Specification: 4.59 g, aluminum bronze, 23 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 72.

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.

Links to:

• 1993 100 patacas, 40th Macao Grand Prix
• 1995 100 patacas, Year of the Pig, silver
• Coins and currency dated 1993