Mozambican metical Mozambican metical The metical (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 ("mithqāl"), a unit of weight and an alternative name for the gold dinar coin that was used throughout much of Africa until the 19th century. The metical (MZM) replaced the "escudo" at par on 16 June 1980. It was divided into 100 "centavos". The metical underwent severe inflation. After the revaluation of the Romanian leu, the metical briefly became the least valued currency unit, at a value of about
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