Cape Verde 1953 2-1/2 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1953 and 1967. The 1953 is the scarcer date even tho its mintage is higher. 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: 500,000.

Specification: 3.5 g, nickel bronze, 20 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 3.

Sources:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1953 escudo
• 1953 10 escudos
• 1967 2½ escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1953