Portuguese Guinea 1952 2-1/2 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Copper-nickel 2½ escudos issued by Portugal for Portuguese Guinea, a one year type but common. All of the issues for Portuguese Guinea were one year types and most are scarce.

Recorded mintage: 3,010,000.

Specification: 3.5 g, copper-nickel, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 9, Gomes-12.01.

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 escudo
• 1952 50 centavos
• 1952 10 escudos
• 1952 20 escudos
• 1973 5 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1952
• return to coins of Guinea-Bissau