Cape Verde 1930 20 centavos
This type was struck in 1930 for the Portuguese colony of Cape Verde, a group of islands off the west coast of Africa. The same year saw the issue of five, ten and fifty centavos and one escudo coins. The liberty head shown on this coin was also used on Portuguese four, five, ten and twenty centavos coins of the 1917-40 period. The last colonial coins issued for Cape Verde are dated 1968. Unlike Angola and Mozambique, Cape Verde obtained its independence in 1975 with little bloodshed. Since independence, Cape Verde has been ruled by the same political party which controls Guinea-Bissau on the mainland; they are de facto united.
Recorded mintage: 1,500,000.
Specification: 5 g, bronze, reeded edge, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 3, Gomes-03.01.
- 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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