Mozambican metica
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The metica was a proposed currency for Mozambique
. It was divided into 100 centimos
. Coins were produced dated 1975 and banknotes dated 1976. However, these were not put into circulation and the escudo
continued to circulate until 1980, when the metical
was introduced.
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
. It was divided into 100 centimos
Céntimo
The céntimo was a currency unit of Spain and other countries which were historically influenced by Spain or Portugal . The word derived from the Latin Centum meaning "hundred"...
. Coins were produced dated 1975 and banknotes dated 1976. However, these were not put into circulation and the escudo
Mozambican escudo
The escudo was the currency of Mozambique from 1914 until 1980. It was subdivided into 100 centavos.-History:The escudo replaced the real at a rate of 1 escudo = 1000 réis. It was equal in value to the Portuguese escudo until 1977. Initially, Mozambique had its own paper money but used Portuguese...
continued to circulate until 1980, when the metical
Mozambican metical
The metical is the currency of Mozambique, abbreviated with the symbol MZN or MTn. It is nominally divided into 100 centavos.-First metical :...
was introduced.