Mozambique 1961 20 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Mozambique in 1942, from Hammond's atlas

This issue, minted in Lisbon for the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, is a one year type. Previous issues were dated 1949-50 and subsequent issues are dated 1971 and 1973-74. The coin is common. Soon after this coin was issued, nationalists in Mozambique began their agitation for independence, triggering a multifactional war that continued after the Portuguese withdrew in 1975.

Recorded mintage: 12,500,000.

Specification: 2.53 g, bronze, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 85, Gomes-07.01.

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.

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