Mozambique 1938 10 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue was minted in Lisbon in 1938 for the Portuguese colony of Mozambique. It was the second coin of its denomination. The coin is uncommon. The next ten escudos was struck in 1952-60 and is only 5 grams. The Portuguese withdrew from Mozambique in 1975, triggering a multifactional war that continued for decades.

Recorded mintage: 530,000.

Specification: 12.5 g, 0.835 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 70.

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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• 1936 10 centavos
• 1936 20 centavos
• 1936 50 centavos
• 1936 escudo
• 1936 10 escudos
• 1938 2½ escudos
• 1938 5 escudos
• 1941 20 centavos
• 1942 10 centavos
• 1942 2½ escudos
• 1960 10 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1938