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2.5 Patacas
| Issuer | Oecusse |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Thickness | 1.4 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bimetallic heptagonal fantasy piece featuring a five-pointed star at the apex above a decorative cross with ornamental crossbar at center, set within a gold-colored inner ring. The date 2015 is split to either side of the cross in the field. Along the lower edge of the outer ring, the legend OECUSSE * PROVA * is inscribed in raised Latin characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2015 OECUSSE * PROVA* |
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Oecusse — formally the Região Administrativa Especial de Oecu-Ambeno — is a non-contiguous exclave of Timor-Leste surrounded entirely by Indonesian West Timor, which makes its status as a separate issuing authority for coinage an unusual administrative choice. Timor-Leste itself adopted the US dollar as its official currency at independence in 2002, so these pataca-denominated pieces for Oecusse function within the ZEESM special economic zone framework established around 2014.
Whether this issue saw any meaningful circulation is doubtful.