St. Thomas and Prince 1951 5 escudos
This issue minted in Lisbon for the Portuguese colony of Sao Tomé e Principe, is the next-to-last silver five escudos for that colony. Previous issues were dated 1948 and next issues are dated 1952. The coin is fairly common. The colony, originally a slave trading station, later turned to sugar production and finally cacao. The Portuguese withdrew in 1975. This specimen was lot 8187 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAINT THOMAS & PRINCE. 5 Escudos, 1951. NGC MS-64. A bright and dazzling coin with bold strike detail and a dusting of almond tone at the peripheries."
Recorded mintage: 72,000.
Specification: 7 g, .650 fine silver, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-13.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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