Mozambique 1938 5 escudos

from Steve Album sale 45, lot 1620

This specimen was lot 1620 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MOZAMBIQUE: Portuguese Colony, AR 5 escudos, 1938, stamped PROVA, a superb quality specimen example! PCGS graded Specimen 65." This type was struck for circulation in 1938 and 1949. This example was stamped PROVA but is otherwise identical.

Recorded mintage: 800,000.

Specification: 7 g, 0.650 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 69; the prova is KM-Pn9, G-E6.02.

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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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• 1935 5 escudos
• 1936 10 centavos
• 1936 20 centavos
• 1936 50 centavos
• 1936 escudo
• 1936 10 escudos
• 1938 2½ escudos
• 1938 10 escudos
• 1941 20 centavos
• 1942 10 centavos
• 1942 2½ escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1938