MOP (Macanese Pataca).
The Macanese pataca is the official currency of Macau. It is subdivided into 100 avos, with 10 avos called ho in Cantonese. The abbreviation MOP$ is commonly used. The pataca was introduced in 1894, when Macau was a Portuguese colony. It replaced the silver dollar at a rate of 1 pataca = 5$1. The first … Read more