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[[Image:Macao 1982 10 avos obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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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:'' 24,580,000 plus a few in silver, gold and platinum.

''Specification:'' 3.3 g, brass, 19.1 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 20 (brass), 20a (silver), 20b (gold), 20c (platinum).

''[[Bibliography|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:''
* [[Macao 1976 10 avos|1976 10 avos]]
* [[Macao 1978 100 patacas KM-10|1978 100 patacas]]
* [[Macao 1979 500 patacas]]
* [[Macao 1982 20 avos|1982 20 avos]]
* [[Macao 1982 50 avos|1982 50 avos]]
* [[Macao 1982 pataca|1982 pataca]]
* [[Macao 1982 5 patacas|1982 5 patacas]]
* [[Macao 1983 100 patacas|1983 100 patacas, year of the pig]]
* [[Macao 1985 10 avos|1985 10 avos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1982]]
* return to [[Macao]]

[[Category:Coins of the Portuguese colonies]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]