The Macao Special Administrative Region Financial Authority plans to issue 25,500 silver coins to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland.

China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPMC), authorized by the Macao Financial Authority to mint the coins, displayed the five kinds of coins Thursday. Each has a different value of 2,000, 1,000, 500, 200 and 100 patacas.

CBPMC has the exclusive franchise to sell 2,000 coins valued at1,000 patacas and 5,000 coins of 200 patacas and 100 patacas each.

The first batch of such coins will go on sale on Dec. 20 in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Xi'an and Taiyuan.