| Metical moçambicano (Portuguese) | |
|---|---|
| ISO 4217 | |
| Code | MZN (numeric: 943) |
| Subunit | 0.01 |
| Unit | |
| Plural | meticais |
| Symbol | MT, MTn |
| Denominations | |
| Subunit | |
| 1⁄100 | centavo |
| Banknotes | 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 meticais |
| Coins | |
| Freq. used | 1, 2, 5, 10 meticais |
| Rarely used | 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 centavos (discontinued, still legal tender) |
| Demographics | |
| User(s) |  Mozambique |
| Valuation | |
| Inflation | 10.3% [1][clarification needed] |
| Source | 2023 est. |
The metical (/ˈmɛtɪˌkæl/;[2] plural: meticais) is the currency of Mozambique, abbreviated with the symbol MZN or MT. It is nominally divided into 100 centavos. The name metical comes from Arabic مثقال (mithqāl),[3] a unit of weight and an alternative name for the gold dinar coin that was used throughout much of Africa until the 19th century.[4]
- ^ "Inflation rates in Mozambique".
- ^ "metical". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Metical" in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa com Acordo Ortográfico. Porto Editora, Porto, 2003-2015. Accessed 1 April 2015. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Johnson, Marion (1968), "The Nineteenth-Century Gold 'Mithqal' in West and North Africa", The Journal of African History, 9 (4), Cambridge University Press: 547–569, doi:10.1017/s0021853700009038, ISSN 0021-8537, JSTOR 180144, S2CID 161545754