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The Macao pataca Macau pataca or Macanese pataca (Portuguese: Pataca de Macau; Chinese: 澳門圓; ISO 4217 code: MOP) is the currency of Macau. It is subdivided into 100 avos (仙; sin) with 10 avos called ho (毫) in Cantonese Chinese. The abbreviation MOP$ is commonly used.Macau has a currency board system under which the legal tender Macau pataca (or Macao pataca) is 100 percent backed by foreign exchange reserves in this case currently the Hong Kong dollar.

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