Portuguese Timorese pataca

The Pataca was the currency in the colony of Portuguese Timor 1894-1959. It was divided into 100 avos. The Timorese Pataca was equivalent to the Macau Pataca whose coins and notes were also in Portuguese Timor in circulation. They came in values ​​of five to 20 Avos and one to 100 patacas.

1912 also own banknotes of the Banco Nacional Marino Ultra ( BNU ) were issued in Portuguese Timor. These were 10,000 A Pataca notes and 2,500 25 Pataca notes, both bills from Macao with the additional overprint " Pagavel em Timor ". Since these bills dated from 1906, it still showed the royal coat of arms with a crown. 1932 and 1945 Five Pataca banknotes were issued. In addition to the Pataca, the Dutch guilder was continued in use until May 4, 1918, when the Partaca officially became the only recognized currency in the colony. In use, continued also Mexican and coins from Macau, but when it silver and with that came in Macao to a coin starvation has arrived, led the BNU as of January 2, 1920 banknotes own one.

1945 finally followed its own coins of 10, 20 and 50 Avos. The size of the coins corresponded to the then Portuguese to 20 centavos and one and two and a half escudos. Here, the fixed exchange rate of one reflected to five. In 1959, the escudo in Portuguese Timor was introduced, the exchange rate, however, was set at a Pataca equal to 5.6 escudos.

During the Japanese occupation during the Second World War from 1942 to 1945 the Japanese introduced their own paper money.

10 Avos coin, Portuguese Timor ( 1951)