Cape Verde 1949 50 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in 1949 for the Portuguese colony of Cape Verde, a group of islands off the west coast of Africa. The same year saw the issue of nickel-bronze one escudo coins. 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: 1,000,000.

Specification: 4.5 g, nickel-bronze, 22 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 6, Gomes-05.01.

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.

Link to:

• 1930 5 centavos
• 1930 20 centavos
• Mozambique 1949 20 centavos
• 1949 escudo
• 1968 50 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1949
• return to coins of Cape Verde