MACAO 

KM 56

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge - Plain Composition Rotation
5 patacas 28.0 10.1   Shape - 12-sided Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse

The title of colony across center of globe, below - year of minting.

Macao was colony of Portugal till 1999.

Chinese junk and Cathedral of Saint Paul in the center, above and below - denomination in Chinese and in Portuguese.

The Ruins of St. Paul's refer to the façade of what was originally the Cathedral of St. Paul, a 17th century Portuguese cathedral in Macau dedicated to Saint Paul the Apostle.