Welcome to my blog for worldwide Banknotes, Coins and Numismatic related collections.............Numismatics is the study or collection of currency including paper money, coins, tokens and related objects. The discipline also includes the broader study of money and other payment media used to resolve debts and the exchange of goods........"The artwork on a country's currency usually contains historical and cultural references and is a source of national pride"

Saturday, 4 October 2014

Macau (Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)

Macau 2005, 10 (ten) Patacas (MOP)

Macau, is one of the two Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Macau lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta across from Hong Kong. A former Portuguese colony, Macau was administrated by Portugal from the mid-16th century until late 1999, when it was the last remaining European colony in Asia.