St. Thomas and Prince 1971 20 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This twenty escudos minted in Lisbon for the Portuguese colony of Sao Tomé e Principe, is the only issue of this denomination. This issue is accompanied by bronze fifty centavos and one escudo and copper-nickel 2½ (KM 19), five and ten escudos. The coin is fairly common despite the small mintage. The colony, originally a slave trading station, later turned to sugar production and finally cacao. The Portuguese withdrew in 1975.

Recorded mintage: 75,000.

Specification: nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 24.

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:

• 1970 50 escudos
• 1971 2½ escudos
• Mozambique 1971 20 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1971
• return to coinage of St. Thomas & Prince