Do you know, from where the ‘metical’ word originates?
2022-04-27 Wed
The term ‘metical’ comes from Arabic which is a weight unit and an alternative name for gold dinar coin. On 16th June 1980, metical (MZM) replaced the escudo.Do not miss the opportunity of buying high denomination foreign currency. The front side of the 50000 Meticais currency note features the Bank of Mozambique building and the Republic of Mozambique seal. The backside of the 50000 Meticais currency note features a giant Dam. The translated legends on the note are, ‘Fifty Thousand Meticais; Maputo; 16 of June 1993; Republic of Mozambique; Currency counterfeiting is punishable by law’.
Mozambique is situated 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 Eswatini or Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest. The capital and largest city of Mozambique is Maputo.
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