Portuguese India 1959 6 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in 1959 along with thirty centavos, sixty centavos and three escudos. The final colonial issues of 1958-61 were based on the escudo instead of the rupee. In 1962, India invaded and annexed the Portuguese enclaves of Goa, Damao and Diu and the series ended.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 35.

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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• 1958 30 centavos
• 1959 30 centavos
• 1959 60 centavos
• 1958 escudo
• 1959 3 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1959
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