Portuguese Guinea 1973 5 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Copper-nickel five escudos issued by Portugal for Portuguese Guinea, a one year type. This type was issued just prior to the final withdrawal of the Portuguese from what is now Guinea-Bissau.

Recorded mintage: 800,000.

Specification: 7 g, copper-nickel, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 15, Gomes-13.01.

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
• 1973 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1973
• return to coins of Guinea-Bissau