Angola 1948 20 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1948-49 for the Portuguese colony of Angola on the west coast of Africa south of the Congo. The 1949 is considered very scarce. A smaller twenty centavos (KM 78) was struck in 1962, the last of the denomination. After a protracted struggle, Angola obtained its independence in 1975 and then dissolved into civil war as various factions contended for control.

Recorded mintage: 7,850,000.

Specification: 3 g, bronze, 20.8 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 71, Gomes-11.01.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.

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• Cape Verde 1930 20 centavos
• 1927 5 centavos
• 1948 10 centavos
• 1948 50 centavos
• 1949 10 centavos
• 1953 2½ escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1948
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