St. Thomas and Prince 1939 5 escudos
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This specimen was lot 1516 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $282. The catalog description[1] noted, "ST. THOMAS & PRINCE: AR 5 escudos, 1939, NGC graded MS66." In 1939, Portugal struck one, 2½, five and ten escudos for her colony in west Africa. All are scarce in nice condition. This specimen is an essai or pattern. This type was restruck in 1948. Many of the pre-World War Two issues for the Portuguese colonies are hard to find.
Recorded mintage: 60,000.
Specification: 7 g, .650 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-Pr7, PROVA of KM-6.
- 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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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