"The Macao pataca, Macau pataca, or Macanese pataca (Portuguese: Pataca de Macau; Chinese: \u6FB3\u9580\u5713; ISO 4217 code: MOP) is the currency of Macau. It is subdivided into 100 avos (\u4ED9; sin), with 10 avos called ho (\u6BEB) 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."@en .