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10 Patacas Banco da China
| Issuer | Banco da China (Bank of China), Macau Branch |
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| Year | 2008-2013 |
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| Size | 138 × 69 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 MACAU DEZ PATACAS 中國銀行 BANCO DA CHINA 二零一三年七月一日 澳門 MACAU, 1 DE JULHO DE 2013 根據第15/2013號行政法規 REGULAMENTO ADMINISTRATIVO N.º 15/2013 澳門分行行長 DIRECTOR-GERAL DA SUCURSAL DE MACAU 澳門幣拾圓 (Translation: Bank of China 2013 July 1, Macau According to Administrative Regulation No. 15/2013 Macau Branch Director-General Ten Macanese Patacas) |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 MACAU 中國銀行 BANCO DA CHINA 澳門幣拾圓 PATACAS 10 (Translation: Bank of China Ten Macanese Patacas) |
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Bank of China was granted note-issuing authority in Macau in 1995, making it the third and final bank licensed to issue patacas alongside Banco Nacional Ultramarino and the Banco Tai Fung predecessor arrangement. The 2008 series marked a deliberate visual rebranding of the Bank of China issues after the 1999 handover had fully settled administratively — Macau's currency architecture remained tripartite even under Chinese sovereignty, an unusual arrangement that persists to this day.
Printed by Hongkong Printing Press, which handles security printing for several regional issuers. The cotton substrate on this series has been noted as prone to soiling relatively quickly in Macau's humid subtropical climate, meaning circulated examples often show disproportionate wear for their age.