Portuguese Guinea 1933 escudo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This copper-nickel one escudo was issued by Portugal for Portuguese Guinea, a one year type and scarce in nice condition. Many of the pre-World War Two issues for the Portuguese colonies are hard to find.

Recorded mintage: 800,000.

Specification: 8 g, copper-nickel-zinc, 26.8.

Catalog reference: KM 5, Gomes-09.01.

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:

• 1933 5 centavos
• 1933 10 centavos
• 1933 20 centavos
• 1933 50 centavos
• 1946 escudo
• Portugal 1952 1 escudo
• Coins and currency dated 1933
• return to coins of Guinea-Bissau